Tag Archives: Asphalt
SandStone Road by Thomas Kosbau & Andrew Wetzler » Yanko Design
Asphalt has been used for the last 80 years. It greatly contributes to the urban heat island effect, reaching peak temperatures of 48–67°C. At current consumption levels, approximately 28,000,000 barrels of crude oil were required to create South Korea’s 86,990 … Continue reading
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Tagged Asphalt, Goddard Space Flight Center, Gulf of Mexico, NASA, Sandstone, South Korea, United States, Urban heat island
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Creating Roads From Sand and Bacteria Instead of Oil
Improving America’s infrastructure has been a major priority for the Obama Administration, with a lot of money going into repairing the country’s roads and bridges. The problem is that currently most roads are constructed from asphalt, a material made from … Continue reading
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Tagged Asphalt, Fossil fuel, Inhabitat, Road, Roman roads, sand, United States
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