These Are Some of the World’s First Carbon-Negative Homes

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9 ай бұрын

Former NBA star Rick Fox co-founded a cement company that is building 1,000 carbon-negative homes in the Bahamas - here’s how the material used is both good for the environment and ideal for a region prone to hurricanes 🏠 🌎
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@dianes2300 9 ай бұрын

But can the people in the Bahamas who need it afford it?🤔

@John-Smith02 9 ай бұрын

MrBeast?

@monkfishmondfinsternis3162 9 ай бұрын

The government is giving subsidies to make fossil oil and gas cheaper. That we can't afford anymore with the rising climate crisis. Just redirect this money from causing climate crisis to actually solving it. The money is there. It's just beeing used in the worst way possible.

@vietnamd0820 8 ай бұрын

Did you watch this video til the end?

@LongDefiant 8 ай бұрын

Capitalism = Profits over people

@houchi69 8 ай бұрын

@@vietnamd0820I did, he says "on-par", which actually means nothing. On par with...Bahamas cost? Rick Fox's company is American based. No way this is affordable for Bahamas' poorest.

@JYYJZ 9 ай бұрын

Cool sound a bit like roman concrete which was made with salt water. If any cracks occurr, it's able to re-bond when water is re-introduced! Excited to lean more about Partanna!

@willm5814 8 ай бұрын

Great news! Please continue to recognize those that are making a difference in this space. They are true heroes of our time!

@kingphilwill 8 ай бұрын

The fact no price was given, proves average people will not be able to afford it...

@TheMulToyVerse 8 ай бұрын

Well they at least alluded to the cost of the cement as being “on-par” with traditional cement The cost of construction for the home itself (permits, contractors, the rest of the materials needed, laborers, etc…) are unknown, but the locals in the Bahamas have been rebuilding their homes there for a long time; I’m guessing their are programs that help If these homes somehow deliver on their durability claims then that could be a game changer for the region… if they also manage to deliver on the Co2 absorption as well then that’s incredible for the future My only question is that if that mix of cement absorbs Co2, does that pose any risk to those living in those homes? What happens if those blocks get damaged/destroyed decades from now? Is the Co2 neutralized in the absorption process or is it merely stored like a porous sponge…

@AnkurShah 9 ай бұрын

Excellent news and this is a much needed positive piece. We need to learn from coral polyps, snails, and crabs on how to design elegantly from carbon without waste. In the end, biomimicry will enable the most elegant and regenerative solutions which nature has to offer.

@dudeguy7347 8 ай бұрын

i dont understand the reference to snails and crabs

@AnkurShah 8 ай бұрын

@@dudeguy7347 Snails and crabs can grow shells made from calcium carbonate which is a carbon product essentially and has an elegant design too!

@OnceSomeFunATime 8 ай бұрын

How if the paint is coating the cement? Also there are already CO2 absorbing paint

@blackc1479 8 ай бұрын

Paint isn't a vapor barrier, so it could definitely get to the concrete.

@anthonyhiscox 8 ай бұрын

Great job uncritically repeating the claims from some companies brochure. Thanks for not wasting our time investigating what "very technical chemistry" means, that all sounds very officially and sciencey. I used to think NowThis was a trash excuse for journalism on par with New York Post, but after seeing this I take it all back.

@LittleRadicalThinker 9 ай бұрын

182 tons of CO2 removed by 1250 sq ft home. That’s some good logic.

@MsAnpassad 9 ай бұрын

And the carbon released during production?

@LittleRadicalThinker 9 ай бұрын

@@MsAnpassad Like, you got cows, the cow feeds are counted as cows’ pollutions? Very wonderful logic.👍😏

@Stonkman 8 ай бұрын

182 tons? Wtf?! Probably more like 10-20

@KimvyKinsley 9 ай бұрын

At this point, live in a high rise building

@deathlytree434 9 ай бұрын

If they were made for free it would help the people and the world.

@Mr.EeToMyself 8 ай бұрын

Roman formula.

@roscoepatternworks3471 9 ай бұрын

Can you say BS i heard a lot of talk. Instead of describing the home describe the process. You'll also have glass, plastic and metal in the construction. There is no such thing as carbon neutral. Reducing is about the best you'll get.

@dirkie9308 9 ай бұрын

Earth ships get pretty close.

@LongDefiant 8 ай бұрын

So the house will be 401,128 pounds HEAVIER when you tear it down?? How can a house absorb 182 metric tons of co2 and not gain mass??? I cry foul.

@dudeguy7347 8 ай бұрын

do you get lighter when you exhale CO2?

@LongDefiant 8 ай бұрын

@@dudeguy7347 are you serious? What kind of corporate "lying point" is that?

@anthonyhiscox 8 ай бұрын

@@dudeguy7347 yes. co2 has weight and it's heavier than air so it's not floating in your lungs, so you are constantly getting lighter and heavier as you breath. But to rephrase your flippant comment and ask what you truly meant to ask: "if I stand on a scale will my weight fluctuate as I breath in and out?" The answer is of course not, because the scale is not sensitive enough to detect such small changes. Now drop 182 metric tons of something on your scale and tell me what happens.

@dudeguy7347 8 ай бұрын

why do you need to tear down the house?

@anthonyhiscox 8 ай бұрын

@@dudeguy7347 because thats when the weight would be noticed, both for equipment as well as landfill costs. But way to miss the point.

@alvindrevnak4917 9 ай бұрын

I need to revisit this story in 5 years and see where the scam is.

@John-Smith02 9 ай бұрын

And if it's not a scam?

@alvindrevnak4917 9 ай бұрын

@@John-Smith02 It’s like smelling death and wondering if something died.

@LongDefiant 8 ай бұрын

@@John-Smith02they are promising to absorb 401,128 pounds of CO2 throughout the structure's lifetime. How can that be anything else but a scam??

@MsAnpassad 9 ай бұрын

First? And here I thought my over 300 year old log cabin were carbon negative. Better burn it down, release that carbon into the atmophere and build with these "carbon negative" concrete slabs (that are not carbon negative at all, when will people start understanding the term green washing?). Build with wood people, or rocks or clay from the ground around the house. Did they sponsor you?

@spiritofchaos58 9 ай бұрын

Log cabins aren't carbon negative, as they aren't actively taking carbon out of the atmosphere (as far as I know, unless logs can somehow do that? I could be wrong) Carbon negative implies taking carbon out, not simply avoiding adding carbon into the system

@MsAnpassad 9 ай бұрын

@@spiritofchaos58 Hun, they are made out of carbon.....carbon that were taken out of the atmosphere when the trees were growing.

@LadiesMan-bo2cc 9 ай бұрын

@@MsAnpassadthere aren’t forests on these islands. Besides how well will your cabin stand against a hurricane/flooding. Besides this concrete seems to scrub way more CO2 than cabin wood

@MsAnpassad 9 ай бұрын

@@LadiesMan-bo2cc You don't know much about log cabins, do you? They aren't loose logs stacked on top of eachother, if you lift the house in one end, the rest will follow, as it's one unit. That is why they are so safe in fires, neither the walls or the roof cave in. Have you ever considered reading the entire post? I did mention clay and rocks. As for flooding, old houses stand on rocks, so the foundation drains naturally. If you need an elevated house, check out "härbre" on Wikipedia.

@MsAnpassad 9 ай бұрын

@@LadiesMan-bo2cc Oh, scrub away? Do you consider that it takes a whole lot of carbon emissions to produce right?