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2026-04-28 09:44 UTC

@AvonVilla I totally endorse your view which is why in my energy work my focus is almost entirely on controls, using kWh rather than any other indicator. People keep saying that we should build a new building to reduce our emissions. they go quiet when I point out that just the steel and concrete of the frame of something to replace our building would contribute 30,000 tonnes in emissions before you even put in the windows and the interiors. I find myself in the minority.

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@AvonVilla@aus.social 2026-04-28 10:37

@sellathechemist I used to work next to the Darling Harbour precinct in Sydney. It was controversial when it was developed in the 1980s. But I was amazed when much of it was demolished and replaced barely 20 years later. On my lunch break I'd see immense machines smashing up concrete and steel which might otherwise have stood for centuries. This sort of thing is commonplace. The world, by which I mean humanity generally, is insane.

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