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Pipelines, Politics, and the Construction Materials Price Spikes
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Thanks to the current White House resident, the US construction industry is rolling through a perfect storm of construction material price spikes that some might think is an intentional assault on what would otherwise be a thriving economic sector. Already depressed by the government overreach that culminated in the…
The Decline of Clean Coal R&D Funding and the Pitfalls of Politically Driven Energy Policies
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In a previous article Resource Erectors highlighted Elon Musk’s $100 million and $20 million XPRIZEs as motivation for the development of innovative CO2 capturing technology. The winning projects involved a coal-fired power plant and an LNG facility, where CO2 was captured at the stacks and injected to make concrete…
Coal, Concrete, the Zero-Carbon Cure, and Musk’s $100 Million XPRIZE
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An April 2021 Associated Press report posted at Power Engineering announced the latest first prize winners of Elon Musk’s $20 million XPRIZE. $15 million (with the other $5 million going to promising runners up) was split between two of the most unlikely candidates (from the green-minded environmentalist point of…
Mining in Overdrive: Gearing Up For 10X More Demand in the Green Rush
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Like it or not, wisely or not, the green rush to an all-electric grid, one totally dependent on sufficient mined magnet metals and other essential manufacturing minerals is well underway. As the green tech wave sweeps the world, we’re looking at just how prepared the mining industry is for…
The Green Energy Grab 2021: Blue Gas, Industrial Wind Mills, and a Lot of Hot Air
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There’s no getting away from the powerful influence on industries of the politically driven rush to replace fossil fuel, coal, and other traditional “carbon-emitting” energy sources with an “all-electric” power grid. After decades under the legislative green thumb of what many are now recognizing as nothing less than “radical…
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Can the Gypsum Materials Industry Launch a Sustainability Rebound After 2020 Covid Declines?
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Industries in sectors ranging from minerals processing and rare earth metals, to concrete and aggregates, to gypsum materials are all initiating or following through in 2021 on strategic moves to cash in on sustainability trends. These tactics are being deployed to overcome the significant 2020 declines triggered by rampant…
