Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jobposter1234 4158 days ago
900 kg of CO2 per ton of cement. According to Wikipedia, it generates up to 5% of worldwide manmade CO2 emissions.

1.8 metric tons of CO2 per ton of steel.

200k metric tons of cement = 180k metric tons of CO2 200k metric tons of steel = 360k metric tons of CO2.