Has anyone read the recent report 'Absolute Zero', produced by the group UKFires and sponsored by the government? It details how we need to change our economy and lifestyles to achieve a zero-carbon economy by 2050.
Of particular interest to those of us in the building industry is the banning of cement. Because OP cement cannot be made without the production of GH gases, its manufacture in this country will be phased out.
But cement is of course perhaps the most versatile and extensively-used material in construction. It is used in concrete for foundations, mortar for brickwork, blockwork, floor slabs, concrete lintels, roof tiles, large-diameter drainage pipes, block paving etc, as well as extensive use in infrastructure projects.
And we won't be allowed to import cement as the Report makes clear that there is no point in just shifting carbon emissions overseas, and then producing more carbon emissions by shipping it here.
So what does the report suggest we use instead, which is emission-free? Asolutely nothing; so we must go back to building with wattle and daub and thatch; the Report even suggests the old technique of rammed earth for building.
We are being ruled by morons.
Of particular interest to those of us in the building industry is the banning of cement. Because OP cement cannot be made without the production of GH gases, its manufacture in this country will be phased out.
But cement is of course perhaps the most versatile and extensively-used material in construction. It is used in concrete for foundations, mortar for brickwork, blockwork, floor slabs, concrete lintels, roof tiles, large-diameter drainage pipes, block paving etc, as well as extensive use in infrastructure projects.
And we won't be allowed to import cement as the Report makes clear that there is no point in just shifting carbon emissions overseas, and then producing more carbon emissions by shipping it here.
So what does the report suggest we use instead, which is emission-free? Asolutely nothing; so we must go back to building with wattle and daub and thatch; the Report even suggests the old technique of rammed earth for building.
We are being ruled by morons.