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victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Pretty nice, since concrete is not too good for the environment as far as I’ve heard.

Building with wood and stone has been good to us for millennia. 👌

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Bitswap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well…except to meet code for wood foundation you must use treated wood (usually treated with some kind of copper arsenic) which is not great for the environment (both the production and usage).

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh really. Well sh—
  
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intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well, so has building with concrete.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Let’s define “good”, I guess 😛
  
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  - intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Benefitting humans, as a definition.
    
    Concrete lets people build things by moving semiliquid around that hardens.
    
    Reinforced concrete can span big gaps enabling skyscrapers basically, parking garages, structures like that.
    
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