A Concrete Solution To Pollution 276
PreacherTom writes "With concerns over global warming and pollution control reaching an all-time high, an Italian company has developed an interesting solution. It is called TX Active: a concrete that literally breaks down pollutants in the air. The effects are significant: 'In large cities with persistent pollution problems caused by car emissions, smoke from heating systems, and industrial activities, both the company and outside experts estimate that covering 15% of all visible urban surfaces (painting the walls, repaving the roads) with products containing TX Active could abate pollution by up to 50%.' Even more significant is that the cost is only 30% over that of normal concrete. Remarkable."
Limecrete (Score:4, Informative)
Limecrete [anu.net]
Re: 30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmenta (Score:5, Informative)
Paving Out Pollution (2002) (Score:5, Informative)
Re: 30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmenta (Score:5, Informative)
Re: Reduce at the source (Score:3, Informative)
NO they haven't. They've been a token gesture. There's still way too much air pollution from vehicles. We need to do more.
Re:Basicly (Score:1, Informative)
Re: 30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmenta (Score:2, Informative)
Re:30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmental (Score:5, Informative)
30% more for the *painting*; when you're dealing with city buildings, this part is next to negligible compared to the rest. If that product is as efficient as TFA says, I don't see it as a problem at all, and personally would like to see it either made non-optional, or tax assisted. The fact it also helps to keep surfaces clean would by itself be enough to motivate buyers.
Re:Limecrete (Score:4, Informative)
Re:30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmental (Score:2, Informative)
Re:30% is still a fair amount for nonenvironmental (Score:4, Informative)
TX Active® is a photocatalytic principle for cement products which can reduce organic and inorganic pollutants that are present in the air. Its effectiveness has been thoroughly tested and thus certified by important independent research centers (CNR, ARPA, IspraResearchCenter). Its formulation is the result of 10 years of research, tests and applications carried out by CTG (Centro Tecnico di Gruppo, a company in the Italcementi Group) which has led to the final formulation of the active principle.
Re:concrete=as pollution efficient as a burning ri (Score:2, Informative)
Mega-Dupe (Score:3, Informative)
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/
Re:Global Warming? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Heh. Can't really see it happening (Score:5, Informative)
Not quite. There are grey elements there too - if you can improve your public image by being sane, responsible, ethical, then more people will buy your product. My pension advisor asked me whether I wanted to invest into strictly ethical companies, it seemed to be a standard question; the implication then is that companies with ethical policies get some more investment. Sure, the companies with unethical policies can make more money by those actions, but the companies still have a choice; Google could make more money by being evil! But they somehow still manage to be one of the most lucrative companies.
It's never black and white.