Cement makers come clean (BBC)

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By Dominic Laurie
European business reporter, BBC News, Brussels
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The problem is that building construction eats up concrete, and to make one tonne of cement - a key ingredient of concrete - 900kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) are released into the atmosphere.

Production of cement causes twice as many carbon emissions as the world's airline industry currently does. However, it also generates a fraction of the bad headlines.

And the people who run the world's cement companies would prefer to keep it that way.
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"The cement industry is responsible for 5% of the world's man-made carbon emissions," says Mr Papalexopoulos.

"And if you look at that figure in proportion to the sales or the turnover of this industry, it's a huge percentage."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7046675.stm

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1. thanks didn't know that!

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2. The cement industry. No kidding? Isn't that a very big organised cr...?

For all you fans of Broadway Danny Rose :)

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3. Plus there's the outgassing from all the de-- I've said too much.

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4. Jimmy Hoffa?

Nah.