SocraticGadfly: Why can’t Midlothian get ‘green cement’ plants?

December 30, 2008

Why can’t Midlothian get ‘green cement’ plants?

After all, the possibility of “green” cement plants — which replace much of the heat of conventional plants with catalysts and so actually “sequester” carbon dioxide by consuming it, rather than producing it— topped Wired mag’s green tech Top 10 for 2008.

But, between TXI and Smoky Joe Barton, “green” will come to Cement City, Texas in about 20 years.

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