Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this carbon footprint in half. The invention, called LionGlass and engineered by researchers at Penn State, requires significantly less energy to produce and is much more damage resistant than standard soda lime silicate glass.
  • KeraKali@slrpnk.netM
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    2 years ago

    What other solarpunk technologies could this work well with? I’d imagine solar panels and greenhouses.

  • perestroika@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    Sounds like a useful recipe, if the components are widespread.

    • it seems likely that it’s still a silicate, but what silicates have a melting point of 300-400C?
    • it seems sure that they dropped limestone, but what did they add to replace it?