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Concrete is a HUGE greenhouse gas source, so this is also a great boon for the environment. It's estimated that concrete is responsible for 5% of all anthropogenic CO2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_concre...



I hate to break it, but it could actually have the opposite effect by disproportionately increasing our consumption of concrete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox


At least we get more concrete out of it..


But that's not concrete.




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