Sentences with phrase «ton of cement»

At least 70 % of the carbon dioxide emitted in the manufacture of concrete derives from the manufacture of Ordinary Portland Cement: each ton of that cement creates 0.75 - 1.0 ton of carbon dioxide.

In addition, it has reduced energy required to produce a ton of cement, a major contributor to CO2 emissions, by 41 %.

Making one ton of cement results in the emission of roughly one ton of CO2 — and in some cases much more.»

It went over like a ton of cement.

Instead, new processes Calera is scaling up can actually sequester half a ton of the greenhouse gas for each ton of cement produced.

«For every ton of cement we make, we are sequestering half a ton of CO2,» says crystallographer Brent Constantz, founder of Calera.

«Plus, you're saving on material costs by using 100 - pound devices floating on air rather than 200 tons of cement for a traditional wind turbine.»

Not exact matches

On September 9, 1997, a gigantic crane cut through all of the red tape encircling Judiciary Square and lowered a four - ton sculpture to its permanent cement base.

At the NJ seaport, cement and steel casks of spent nuclear matter weighing up to 100 tons, would be placed on rail cars for a 2,600 - mile trip west to the Yucca Mountains.

Bags filled with more than 16,000 tons of eco-friendly cement were placed between the hull, ledges and platform to support the ship's bulk once it was rolled off its side.

Nor are there any limitations on the raw materials of the Calera cement: Seawater containing billions of tons of calcium and magnesium covers 70 percent of the planet and the 2,775 power plants in the U.S. alone pumped out 2.5 billion metric tons of CO2 in 2006.

The nation's production of Portland cement — the most commonly produced cement type — amounted to about 80.4 million tons in 2015, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, or roughly the weight of about 90 Golden Gate Bridges or 12 Hoover Dams.

«The production of Portland cement globally creates two and a half billion tons of carbon dioxide annually,» Calera CEO Brent Constantz said.

«Since 1751 roughly 290 billion tons of carbon have been released to the atmosphere from the consumption of fossil fuels and cement production.

Emissions of CO2 by human activities, including fossil fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring, amount to about 27 billion tonnes per year (30 billion tons)-LSB-(Marland, et al., 2006)-- The reference gives the amount of released carbon (C), rather than CO2, through 2003.].

It is no different than having tons of contractors ready to build a skyscraper but there is no cement for them to use.

I hope so because we've collected tons of fresh ideas for stunning diy projects using everyday stuff like rubber cement, nail polish, Sharpies, and veggies from the fridge!

Whiplash won tons of praise for the performance of Teller, who further cements his emerging talent after last year's, The Spectacular Now.

Tons of paintings both oil, & acrylic, abstract, landscapes, sculptures in stone, cement, polymer clay, 3D canvas art, rock sculptures, fairies, fairy house lamps and stash jars, as well as handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, bath salts to die for and it's all natural ingredients!!

The Skyonic plant near San Antonio is expected to capture 83,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year from a cement factory.

One geologist has calculated that — in terms of clay for bricks, gravel for roads, limestone for pavements, gypsum for plaster, lime for cement and so on — roughly six tons of soil is shifted every year for every human being on Earth.

Just over 150 cement kilns operate in the United States and, each year, they «cook» thousands of tons of rock — primarily limestone — at more than 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

This rate of substitution — the current adoption [2] of alternative cement — avoids about 79 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

# 6 — «Since 1870 — with fossil fuel use, cement production, and land use combined — humans have put about 2,000 gigatons of CO2 in the atmosphere — that's two million million tons, and about 40 % has stayed there.»

The permafrost of the world's largest peat bog, in West Siberia, 10 contains some 70 billion metric tons of methane — equal to about 16 percent of all the carbon added to the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, land - use changes, and cement manufacture over the course of the past 150 years (from 1850 to 2000).7

Even when the fossil fuels have become scarce we have the quadrillion tons of carbon in carbonaceous rocks, which we can transform into lime and CO2 for the manufacture of cement.

«Studies have shown that one ton of carbon dioxide gas is released into the atmosphere for every ton of Portland cement which is made anywhere in the world.»

The cement industry, turning out 2.3 billion tons in 2006, is another major player in industrial energy consumption, accounting for 7 percent of industrial energy use.

There are tons of stuff that I could use this gift card for from the cement board to the tile.