Is Concrete Destroying Our Planet?

Concrete's dirty emissions problem. Support OCC and get 20+ bonus, ad-free videos by signing up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/occ/ Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2iz4lIV In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at how concrete and cement are destroying the planet. Specifically, I unpack why and how concrete and cement work, how concrete and cement create greenhouse gas emissions, how concrete causes climate change, and I also look at the possibility of green cement and concrete. Concrete, through the chemical processes that occur during the production phase, produces a lot of carbon dioxide emissions. For this reason, the concrete industry is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gases in the world. That also means, however, that concrete could prove a perfect solution to fighting climate change. Green cement and concrete inventions are racking up. Some, like cement and concrete that could sequester and capture carbon leading the way to viable alternatives to conventional cement and concrete. Ad-free versions of OCC on Nebula/CuriosityStream! curiositystream.com/occ Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2iz4lIV Email List: https://ourchangingclimateocc.substac... Twitter:   / ourclimatenow   Facebook:   / occvideos   Instagram:   / occ.climate   Check out other Climate YouTubers: Climate in Colour:    / @joycelynlongdon   zentouro:    / zentouro   Climate Adam:    / climateadam   Kurtis Baute:    / @scopeofscience   Levi Hildebrand:    / the100lh   Simon Clark:    / simonoxfphys   Sarah Karver:    / @sarahkarver   Sweet Soul Whisper ASMR:    / @sweetsoulwhisperasmr   ClimateTown:    / @climatetown   Jack Harries:    / jacksgap   Just Have a Think:    / @justhaveathink   Beckisphere:    / @beckisphere   All About Climate:    / @allaboutclimate   Timestamps: Intro - 0:00 The Problem With Cement - 1:11 Concrete Solutions - 3:32 Pipe Dream Or Realities? - 5:21 Sponsored Message - 6:59 Outro - 7:41 I use Epidemic Sound for some of my music: http://epidemicsound.com/creator _______________________ Further Reading and Resources: https://ourchangingclimate.notion.sit... #Concrete #Cement #GreenCement