Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions

• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They also put out a lot of CO2 and you’d have a hell of a lot of issues scaling the brick production to the same level. Not to mention all the othe associated issues that bricks have.

  It’s just a poor replacement for concrete at the same scale. But that’s not to knock bricks specifically, since nothing really is a good replacement at that scale.

  Best we could do is to not build as much or in such a big scale, but that has issues too.

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  • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You can bake bricks using clean energy but the chemical process for creating cement itself creates co2… Y’all down voting and never held a brick in yer lives

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can also cpature the CO2 and use it in chemical processes where it is needed. Bizarrely often they’re buying the CO2 for high price even though if capture methods were common we’d have loads of stock.

      Also I work in construction with both concrete and bricks and have been involved in mass production of both. But go off lol

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      • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        An interesting document comparing both …org.uk/…/Clay-v-Concrete-Brick-A-Comparative-Gui…

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t you have to fire bricks in a kiln? Surely that puts off some CO2?

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  • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You just cook them up electrically, I haven’t seen a charcoal kiln in ages

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wonder how the co2 from drying/making bricks compares

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