China used more cement in the last 3 years than...
China used more cement in the last 3 years than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century. http://t.co/ZH7p8DwMTV
June 15, 2014
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Have You Hugged a Concrete Pillar Today?
The car I drive to work is made of around 2,600 pounds of steel, 800 pounds of plastic, and 400 pounds of light metal alloys. The trip from my house to the office is roughly four miles long, all surface streets, which means I travel over some 15,000 tons of concrete each morning.
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