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This report is really all about the productive recycling of Carbon Dioxide; but, there is some preamble to wade through first, which we hope will be of at least moderate interest.
Initially, we want to call your attention to an older report from our USDOE's Energy Information Agency, as accessible via:
CO2 Emissions Report;
"Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Generation of Electric Power in the United States; July, 2000."
United States Patent: 5681384
Among our many reports documenting the now-plain fact that Coal Ash can be productively consumed in the manufacture of Portland-type Cement and Portland-type Cement Concrete that are better-performing and more environmentally-friendly than those products made from traditional raw materials, are two focused on technologies developed, with United States Government funding, by the highly-regarded New Jersey Institute of Technology, as now accessible via:
West Virginia Coal Association | Coal Ash Can Reduce Construction Costs | Research & Development; concerning: "US Patent 5,624,491 - Compressive Strength of Concrete and Mortar Containing Fly Ash; 1997; Inventors: John Liskowitz, et. al.; Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology; Abstract: The present invention relates to concrete, mortar and other hardenable mixtures comprising cement and fly ash for use in construction. Such materials can ... significantly reduce construction costs. The research leading to the present invention was conducted with Government support under Contract No. DE-FG22-90PC90299 awarded by the Department of Energy. The Government has certain rights in this invention"; and:
United States Patent: 7678952
Sometimes, in the course of our research and reportage, we just stop, look at each other, and laugh.
Sometimes, though, we almost cry.
Every day, we marvel.
We long ago likened our sense of the situation for you to that of a family sitting around in their living room, with an elephant squatting smack dab in the middle of their living room floor.
The thing is obvious; but, at the same time it is so outrageous, so unbelievable, that, in some process of denial, nobody even mentions it, much less talks about it and openly discusses what to do about it.
Sometimes, in the course of our research and reportage, we just stop, look at each other, and laugh.
Sometimes, though, we almost cry.
Every day, we marvel.
We long ago likened our sense of the situation for you to that of a family sitting around in their living room, with an elephant squatting smack dab in the middle of their living room floor.
The thing is obvious; but, at the same time it is so outrageous, so unbelievable, that, in some process of denial, nobody even mentions it, much less talks about it and openly discusses what to do about it.
United States Patent Application: 0110281959
Sometimes, of course, our United States military has to prepare for and to undertake operations in secrecy.
And, if even just the preparations for an operation are so big that they can't be kept secret, the military disguises them so that their true intents and purposes can't be discerned; and, the enemy is thus misdirected, or at least confused.
The older, or more historically studious, among our readers might be familiar, at least in part, with the great charade that was fabricated to camouflage preparations for the D-Day invasion of Normandy; the signature turning point in WWII's western front.
Our United States Navy was the absolutely key participant in that historical turning point, of course; and, they participated in the obscuring facade leading up to the invasion as much as they could, all while helping to assemble a massive fleet both to carry the troops and to hammer out the beach heads.
Sometimes, of course, our United States military has to prepare for and to undertake operations in secrecy.
And, if even just the preparations for an operation are so big that they can't be kept secret, the military disguises them so that their true intents and purposes can't be discerned; and, the enemy is thus misdirected, or at least confused.
The older, or more historically studious, among our readers might be familiar, at least in part, with the great charade that was fabricated to camouflage preparations for the D-Day invasion of Normandy; the signature turning point in WWII's western front.
Our United States Navy was the absolutely key participant in that historical turning point, of course; and, they participated in the obscuring facade leading up to the invasion as much as they could, all while helping to assemble a massive fleet both to carry the troops and to hammer out the beach heads.
United States Patent Application: 0120031306
As pretty much any old country boy who's ever fiddled around at all in the construction trades knows, there's a difference between what we might call cement blocks and what are generically known as "bricks".
Typically, cement blocks are simply molded out of a Portland-type cement blend, with a large percentage of some added small aggregate, often just some sort of cinders from a handy, nearby industrial furnace (thus, "cinder block"), and allowed to cure, or "set", before being shipped and used.
If you're blessed enough to be living in a home without axles, such "concrete", "cement", or "breeze" blocks are likely what your home is resting on in it's foundation walls.
As pretty much any old country boy who's ever fiddled around at all in the construction trades knows, there's a difference between what we might call cement blocks and what are generically known as "bricks".
Typically, cement blocks are simply molded out of a Portland-type cement blend, with a large percentage of some added small aggregate, often just some sort of cinders from a handy, nearby industrial furnace (thus, "cinder block"), and allowed to cure, or "set", before being shipped and used.
If you're blessed enough to be living in a home without axles, such "concrete", "cement", or "breeze" blocks are likely what your home is resting on in it's foundation walls.