Can The U.S. Cement Industry Keep Up With The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill?

Concrete is the foundation of just about everything. It's used to construct buildings, highways, bridges, roads and more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, concrete fell victim to the same phenomena affecting other essential materials and goods: snarled supply chains and labor shortages. And demand for concrete appears to have only increased after the Senate passed the $1 trillion infrastructure package. Watch the video above to learn more about the cement-concrete supply chain.
Concrete is the foundation of just about everything. It’s used to construct buildings, highways, bridges, roads and more.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, concrete fell victim to the same phenomena impacting other essential materials and goods: snarled supply chains and labor shortages. And demand for concrete - and its essential ingredient, cement - appears to have only increased, after the Senate passed the $1 trillion infrastructure package to upgrade America’s roads, bridges and tunnels.
“In the short-term, we continue to have the supply chain difficulties, particularly in certain markets, and so prices are rising,” Anirban Basu, chief economist for the national construction industry trade association Associated Builders and Contractors, told CNBC. “So right now, apparently, supply is not rising up to meet demand.”
The industry also faces labor shortages of skilled workers and truck drivers. And the recent housing boom means more demand for concrete and cement, putting more pressure on the industry to increase capacity.
On top of all of this, there’s also a push to reduce the amount of carbon emissions that come from the industry. A study published by the National Academy of Sciences in 2019 estimates that global cement production accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions, making it the largest single industrial emitter of carbon dioxide.
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Can The U.S. Cement Industry Keep Up With The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill?

[@FinancialShinanigan]

There's no shortage of shortage videos.

[@_icythebagchaser1088]

HOW ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

[@simianwarthog]

And not enough overpopulation videos.

[@johnlee9124]

There's no shortage of youtube views.

[@erictovar2885]

True. It's just too bad they all seem to have an agenda other than educating.

[@ok.ok.5735]

Well. What do you think would happen sending 70% of the work force home and call everything Non-essential work? Your gonna have shortages and a lot of bankruptcy. I mean its not taught in Econ-101 but it should be E-common sense!

[@miles5600]

So basically we have a shortage of almost everything

[@mochiebellina8190]

Incuding good sense. The co^id scamdemic is still being touted by media.

[@zion3335]

Marxist logic

[@DelbertStinkfester]

I used to hate being so short but now all of a sudden it's in fashion

[@democratsareterrorists]

That’s how companies get record high profits just like lumber and drywall and steel create a fake shortage then cash in.

[@damianrhea8875]

Except for “LOVE”... LOVE has no limit to its supply - please ask Oprah & her very special friends !! Thank you. Have a nice day !!

[@gteixeira]

$900 billion will go for permitting, and just a zest of concrete will ever be poured.

[@aguyfromnothere]

500 million for democrat friends.

[@manuelferreira4345]

@@aguyfromnothere and fluff the concrete will mud🤣

[@shalyfemusic]

That the govt for you

[@untitledphysicist3205]

“As more millennials buy their first homes” you think millennials can afford homes? Funny joke

[@refineme]

As an “older” millennial I had a feeling the housing bubble would burst so I waited until 2009 and bought my first house (5 bed 3 bath) for $120k in a short sale. Got the $8k first time buyer tax credit, sold the house 5 years later for 310k.

[@_OneSimon]

@Dank Dank Just like Millenials

[@aavash123]

just bought my first home and know tons of people that bought homes. all born in the 90s.

[@uchennanwogu2142]

why are you acting like millennials are 17

[@sejjr79ify]

They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it

[@Maxyy40]

CNBC is just going to do a mini doc on everything the earth has a shortage of.

[@TheLiamster]

Well there isn’t a shortage of anything in the universe. It’s just that humanity can’t extract them.

[@The_Revolutionist]

@@TheLiamster Yet

[@justinle998]

They did one on a sand shortage lol

[@alexrubio7014]

@@justinle998 I just watched it the other day

[@rockets4kids]

@@CarEnthusiastContent there will be no shortage of cnbc mini-docs then!

[@doomtomb3]

business: "we want more cheap laborers" meanwhile: "everybody should go to college"

[@halo3soap114]

People forget trade work sucks and often doesn't pay that much for the amount of work you do. Sure union and specialties is compensated well, but why would you want to break your back pouring concrete when you can sit a desk doing real work 30% of the time. Even then you'll still never be able to afford a house or decent life.

[@LeeeroyJenkins]

@@halo3soap114 Need more adult immigrants for more labor. Their children are usually the most hardworking people you can find, and excell in school.

[@ricecakeboii94]

Afghan refugees.

[@marczhu7473]

@@LeeeroyJenkins Depend on countries look at pisa test USA succeed when most others fail so hard. and migrant are a - for them.

[@AndrewMellor-darkphoton]

Go to college to make robots

[@Andrew-wo8nk]

Good thing most of this bill wont require any Concrete.

[@alexanderleslie4226]

Exactly!!

[@NeonNotch]

Concrete won’t be needed to rebuild / build concrete roads?

[@alexanderleslie4226]

@@NeonNotchConcrete roads?? Listen just go back to sleep it's OK really you're out of your depth.

[@aguyfromnothere]

The one they passed 2 months ago was supposed to be infrastructure...and it was just pork for democratic friends. This will be the same. Just paying off interest groups and supporters.

[@NeonNotch]

@@aguyfromnothere That sounds like a blatant lie. Do you have a credible source to substantiate that claim?

[@listen1st267]

CNBC: "Calcium carbonite" Lol you mean calcium carbonate? I didn't know we were freezing Han Solo in limestone 😂

[@helpconflict9851]

Jabba's Hutt Infrastructure Plan

[@nathanseago]

Lol. A true rockstar.

[@Ecuador006]

@@nathanseago monster energy > rockstar

[@AdrianOrnelas1]

Good catch lol

[@350speedfreak]

@@helpconflict9851 🤣

[@Rommie26]

It’s 2021 and we still gotta repave roads every 2-3 years Can’t someone invent a roadway that won’t crack over time 🙄

[@-.TS.-]

If there’s no endless traffic and construction on the road. Then I don’t want to drive! - America

[@listen1st267]

We only repave the roads because everyone wants the smoothest road possible with no blemishes. You don't need to repave a brick road but most people don't like driving on brick roads. Also, if we've constantly repaving and repairing, it supports a lot of jobs around the country. If you make something that doesn't need to be replaced, that job will become obsolete

[@Rommie26]

@@listen1st267 who cares about jobs They’ll find other work AI and robots will soon take over anyways and that’ll be less stress for us

[@nadda96]

Roads are repaved all the time cause they’re made from asphalt, if they were made of concrete they wouldn’t have that issue But most roads must be built with asphalt because it would be outrageously expensive to pave all roads in the US with concrete Asphalt just breaks down quicker

[@nczioox1116]

Yes but bit cheaply

[@timweiler4095]

Creating shortages to generate max profits is the name of the game.

[@uchennanwogu2142]

who created shortages, you seem to not understand economics

[@uchennanwogu2142]

@@truck6280 what greed, having no shortages and selling more goods would make more money

[@TheDimanoid999]

Demand is high! Shortages aren't made artificially, they happen when there is more demand then production resources. All my relatives and their friends who work in construction say that they are overflooded with orders for new houses. They apready have risen the prices that offer, so that they could at peast earn well in this period. But customers still keep coming, despite the price being already high. People who had limited resources and wanted a house, wilp have to wait another 10 years until things normalize.

[@uchennanwogu2142]

@@deesus1085 because consumers will leave your products

[@sleepingbanshee_]

@@TheDimanoid999 In my country, ranch owners throw vegetables and fruits when price is very low so the price go 3x higher to ship.

[@jimurrata6785]

"Invested 2.5M € in this eco-concrete venture" McAfee's weekend party budget was bigger that that! 🤣 Who the hell are they kidding?

[@jimurrata6785]

@@notknown1 I agree that we need to rethink cement production. Concrete is ubiquitous (and even necessary) in the world today. It would help so much if there was a process that didn't waste as much heat and could use calcium that isn't already bound to carbon. But calcium carbonate (marble, chalk, limestone) is cheap and common.

[@utmbunderground]

I literally laughed out loud. It was hilarious. They list three of the world's richest men and then laud the 2.5M investment. That's literally a 2.5M PR move.

[@eng3d]

@@notknown1 You are not bet in your life, are you?. If you are sure on a bet, then you bet hard. If you are not so sure, then you bet safe. If you are completelly sure that it will backfire, but you must bet, then you bet spare change, and that is this case.

[@picklerix6162]

Most of the money allocated for “infrastructure” will not be spent on infrastructure.

[@tx3973]

That is 1000% accurate 🤝🏽

[@Superb_Legend]

Yep my thoughts exactly

[@Johnnyapppleseed]

I think 5% goes to roads and bridges, honestly only 50 billion dollars

[@hikl223]

We spent more money bombing the TalibaN for Big Pharma🤷‍♂️

[@MrTommyboy68]

ONE TRILLION DOLLARS will NOT begin to cover JUST the roads and bridges that need repairing. ONE TRILLION DOLLARS will NOT begin to cover the costs of upgrading our water and sewer systems. ONE TRILLION DOLLARS will NOT begin to cover what is required to upgrade our electrical grid. We have let the whole shooting match go to Hell in a handbasket by kicking the can down the road. Remember Barry's "shovel ready projects" that were bogged down with permits, environmental studies, and greasing the proper palms? Great idea, but greed killed most of the projects. Even if all the red tape was eliminated, the local constituents would HOWL because they destroyed a one eyed newt habitat. There is no winning.

[@No0dz]

Civil engineer here. Props for clarifying the difference between concrete and cement. Too many trendy videos don't make this clear

[@mariankeller5852]

I doubt it..I worked in construction for 30 years..in the early 2000's there was a cement shortage because our products were being shipped to China for a bridge project that almost shut our construction down

[@prosperhilary8938]

*Despite the economic crisis, this is Still a good time to invest in Gold and Crypto*

[@findn3955]

The rich spend less and invest more

[@fredwilliams7312]

@Sammy Hagarye You're right I think Gold and Crypto are the best to invest right now☺️

[@evelynkai2957]

Gold's are good but crypto is better

[@abrahamsaheed1435]

I wanted to trade crypto but got confused by the fluctuation in price

[@beatrizcatia3449]

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[@HepCatJack]

Calcium carbonite (chalk) is in egg shells, sea shells and bones. Egg shells can be collected from restaurants and curb side collecting, sea shells (from clams or oysters ) sea food restaurants, bones from rendering plants or butcher shops. Burning converts the shells, egg shells and bones into a material called calcium oxide or quicklime.

[@dennismitchell5276]

I'd be interested to know how many eggs go in a mile of freeway.

[@nunyabidness3075]

The concrete business has been doing everything “big oil” has been accused of for decades. People are just ignorant of it because they don’t buy it all the time.

[@satinderchadha480]

I have worked from 2003 to 2007 with a compressor spares and service company and their main customers were cement industries. There are lot of improvements that can be done and it is possible to save a lot of energy.

[@DotADBX]

Unskilled labor should probably be making 35 to 40 an hour at this point and skilled labor should be around 50 to 60 an hour to meet the living needs so we can maintain a similar life style to our parents.

[@josiasmorales9889]

🤝

[@redhairdavid]

every problem here comes down to "we dont want to pay people enough so the owner can have another yacht"

[@victorsalinas3891]

Currently im working on 5 different highway projects at texas all of them are struggling with truck drivers. Every batch plant is shorthanded, and the ones that remain work crazy hours. Sometimes we wait up to 4 hours for drivers to be free and get concrete to the jobsite.

[@truck6280]

Its because y’all aren’t paying enough . Pay higher and I guarantee the truckers will come

[@victorsalinas3891]

@@truck6280 they don't work for me, they work for the batch plants, i dont know what kind of wages they are getting. I'm just saying that once all this gets signed the batch plants would have a hard time keeping up since they are struggling already.

[@Mantaracer]

Are we going to run out of dirt next? 😲

[@a.m.doesit9347]

isnt there a sand shortage already? haha

[@misao3004]

We’re running out of water I’m running out of time

[@MatthewStinar]

Saudi Arabia is running out of sand. Look it up!

[@frankd8957]

Sand is in short supply.

[@jimmygrant424]

@@frankd8957 yes there's an excellent doc on here called Sand Wars

[@TedToal_TedToal]

I would’ve like to hear more about what could be done to reduce CO2 emissions from concrete production.

[@jackmehoff5523]

Nothing don't worry about it

[@woodworksparadise6036]

It kills me when any report talks about any kind of shortage, as I remember watching t.v. shows ten years ago that showed all the surplus we have, and said if production of goods stopped today, we'd have enough surplus supply in all these goods to last us up to three years. These shortages are self driven, and a lot of the surplus supply is being allocated to give to whom ever us controlling all the water... thats whats really happening.

[@vylbird8014]

Ten years ago, a lot of industry was just finishing up the change to just-in-time processing. It's more efficient when done right, because it saves on storage costs and wastage, but it's also very susceptible to disruption.

[@MatthewStinar]

We wouldn't have such a shortage of labor if we stopped disparaging laborers and paid them adequately. Instead of budgeting correctly for labor, executives are buying second yachts and third mansions.

[@ahandsumguy]

@@vylbird8014 Exactly. Number crunchers determined that keeping things in stock for as short of time as possible was a good way to increase profits. But they created issues with filling orders on time when any portion of the supply chain is disrupted. Normally this would drive customers away, but everyone is doing it now. As such, they don't have to worry too much about customer loyalty issues.

[@afterthesmash]

6:40 The WHOLE POINT of a price system in a free market is to communicate resource stress so that end consumers make informed decisions to adapt consumption. Those "frustrated home buyers" can assuage themselves by taking any basic course in economic theory.

[@link10909]

People need to understand some basic economics, shortage caused prices increases will spike and as supply catches up go down again. Bubble caused prices will grow and then crash dramatically. Inflation price increases will continue to grow and not come down. This is why serious discussions about covid/covid spending are so concerned about inflation but not concerned about the blip in lumber prices for example.

[@elblee]

Most of the cement is imported from overseas. Last year alone, cement import amounted to over 17 million meters tons value at 1.43 billion dollars.

[@taylormarlowe6048]

It would be interesting to see the shortages affecting the paint industry

[@DelbertStinkfester]

LOL...I just tried to buy some Emerald Urethane Door and Trim paint from Sherwin Williams and guess what...They were all out and don't know when they'll be getting more

[@taylormarlowe6048]

@@DelbertStinkfester I work for Sherwin-Williams. It's a very stressful situation for customers and staff.

[@StrangeTerror]

I used to be a painter, what's going on Taylor? Why couldn't I get paint!?!?

[@taylormarlowe6048]

@@StrangeTerror a perfect storm. Raw material plants were destroyed in February in Texas. So Raw material shortages. Shipping container shortages. Labour shortages. All leading to reduced capacity. Everything is reopening and demand has sky rocketed

[@StrangeTerror]

@@taylormarlowe6048 Well, I was honestly joking when I asked what happened but yea... That would explain it.

[@musk4mars116]

Was there ever a clear description of concrete vs cement? Showing images of concrete while discussing cement went a long ways toward lack of clarity.

[@sn5301679]

2:24

[@edward1937]

Cement is the powder the stuff in bags. cement+water=concrete the stuff you lay/spread

[@lukacsnemeth1652]

@@edward1937 you are missing the aggregate.

[@etheral9027]

cement plus sand plus/minus aggregate (gravel) then add water = CONCRETE; Ratios determine strength, setting time, cost . Just remember the romans were doing concrete 2000 years ago, also in great wall of china.

[@ericbader]

Quit paying slave wages!!!! Also, quit disrespecting workers and introduce technology to make construction work more ergonomic. Also a real sickening thing is people encouraging others to get into trade work so they can have cheap services, but not encouraging their own children to.

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

i heard that and it made me mad too. so said the man sitting at a comfy desk. If he thinks shoveling rocks and paid peanuts for it is so great. why isnt he shoveling the rocks himself. and im not gonna kid , anyone that has done conszruction know project hardly ever on finish on time. a large part is getting ragged on by customers, fomen, etcetc. go faster and cheaper. its no fun that.

[@emrahtestere5372]

This is really what i feel too, but couldn't express due to language barrier. Thank you for putting my emotions into words.

[@swampliger8770]

Slaves don't get wages🤔 that is what china does we pay people enough to be in the top ten percent of the world right now so it's a matter on how you look at it we do need more cheap labor that is not evil if the work isn't worth 20 a hour among 15 guys throwing concrete the job would cost alot more and it would be harder to get for normal people who need concrete poured. The reason the dollar is less valuable then 60 years ago is the government printing more and taking out loans to pay for things to keep people voting for them. Just imagine slave wages here makes you a king in some other countries 🤯🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@swampliger8770]

Oh yeah the bill doesn't actually have a trillion for "infrastructure" more like 1/4 the rest is just bailouts for people who can't balance there budgets like grownups

[@ttuliorancao]

@@swampliger8770 what's the difference of paying you in food rations or paying you so little you are able to only buy food? Both are slavery

[@AZ-ev3vp]

Yall stressing me out every week … what do we got ? 😂

[@xp9792]

As a former President of one of the largest chapters of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), I have no dought that the industry will step up to meet the demands as we always have. Concrete has been used for over 3,000 years to build the foundations and major structures of the world. Which, by the way, has an abundance of the raw resources for it's never ending demand. We merely change its composition to advance our cavillation. There is NO other material as versatile, durable and as economical as concrete!

[@juan08sporting]

The US schooling system hammers in that going to college is the best but dont realize some people are more hand on learners. They also don’t realize that people in the trades make 65k-90k as a regular worker and 90-130k as a top worker or foreman. These kids end up going to college and go for a year or two or worse they get a degree that is worth nothing because they were steered in that direction instead of learning a trade.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

College shouldn't have tuition. And people shouldn't be educated purely to make money

[@ndaatweg00]

Not to mention it is cheaper to go to trade school and if you have a union you have further support

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@ndaatweg00 Trade work is important. But less and less of it will be needed over time with technology getting more and more reliable and replacing humans

[@ndaatweg00]

@@veganpotterthevegan 100%

[@ACasualCustomer]

It'll get more expensive, there's a fresh batch of 1 trillion dollars 🤑 Good time to be a construction manager

[@Chedring]

"We want more college grads but need more skilled trade labor". "College guarantees you a better job, the massive debt is worth it!" "We want to pay workers less so we need more immigrant labor". "Don't want to break your back doing labor? Get a better job wageboi". "Why are young people so lazy and not taking these body-destroying jobs?". "Automation is terrible and people lose their jobs to it, btw we are in a labor shortage". "We are in a labor shortage because no one wants to work, totally not because of stagnating wages and rising cost of living".

[@StreamSonic]

Me, a civil engineer: We are on shortage of concrete that we could not finish work on time. Clients: Understandable. Let extend due date. Me:(It's slack off times hahaha.)

[@boboutelama5748]

"it turns into a material called klinker"... and then the fleeb is cut from the plumbus

[@mateowannacomedyremasterz6605]

This is one of the many reasons Govt action pushes prices higher

[@abenjamin13]

And that’s why the water 💧 cycle is so messed up for trees 🌲 and other plants because of the concrete jungle we have created blocking the water.

[@enerzise3161]

Do you realize the water goes into gutters and ditches and streams, lakes, rivers and the ocean? It is called The Cycle OF Life. You are claiming the 🌲🌲🌲trees 🌲🌲 in the forests have no water 💧 due to concrete in the Cities. FIY the Concrete is not in the 🌲🌲🌲Forests🌲🌲🌲 to hinder them from getting rain water. The 🌲threes in the suburbs and cities get watered by people with hoses that give water from the city water supply that comes from recycled water and also water form the gutters and from the rivers, lakes and sometimes desalinization of ocean water. They just charged a libtard College Professor for starting up to 10 fires in California. Appears he wanted to try to force people to panic over Climate Change. Well that would be Leftist Forced Climate Fires as he created a Climate of Fires that were Man Made because he thought the Climate was not doing it fast enough. How much of the USA do you think is covered by buildings? Only 1.1% 0.15% of the world is Paved. You think less than 1.15% of the world rain is being blocked? NOPE! In the USA about 68% of the roads are paved. Of the roads paved most have run off into grasslands, ditches or ponds. Surely you do not think less than 1% water loos is having such a devastating affect on trees. If you look at the 65 million year Earth Temperature Graph you will see the earth is overall cooling and for hundreds of thousands of years the climate cycles have been getting more and more erratic. Long before humans. Search for 6.5 Million Year Earth Temperature Graph and click on Images to find it. You can also look at the NASA 850,000 Year Earth Temperature Graph and click on Images to find it. You see it was hotter 125,000 years ago and hotter before that cycle also. It also was colder several times in the past than it is now and also about the average temperature, so same as it is now. They are called the Milankovitch Cycles. They are caused by the changing earth orbit, changing position of earth to the sun and changing sun cycles and moon orbits. Those have 99% of the effects on earth climate. Not humans. Human Co2 is just 0.009% of the earths atmosphere. The Co2 is 0.0413% of the Atmosphere. The Co2 is 413 PPM which is 0.0413% and Nitrogen is 79% and Oxygen is 21% of the earth atmosphere. This is real earth science and can easily be verified. The greater threat is the horrible modern diet. The plastics contamination of the soil, rivers, lakes and oceans. The micro plastics contamination in drinking water or all species on earth. The pharmaceutical contamination of all the drinking waters on earth. The contamination of foods and soils by Monsanto Corporation. The delusional education system on earth that is rejecting science and stable traditions. Stable Traditions used by Humans, Honey Bees, Ants and other Colonizing Species.

[@ctfpd09]

Actually, potable water is supplied either through Ductile Iron Pipe (DIP) or Asbestos Concrete pipe (AC). Storm water is typically carried through Precast Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP). Sanitary sewer is carried through plastic pipe, typically SDR-35, SDR-36, or C-900. C-900 can also carry potable water as well.

[@ooooneeee]

Thank you for your insights

[@Patriciacraig599]

Nobody can become financially successful over night. They put in background work but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.

[@Alejandracamacho357]

It is not always fear. Sometimes realistic factors discourage people from reaching their goals in life. For instance, I've tried investing in the stock market several times but always got discouraged by fluctuations of stock value.

[@emilyfranklin8190]

@@Alejandracamacho357 This is the problem! Most times people with little or no knowledge of the stock market try investing by themselves. It once happened to me, then I learned my lesson and contacted a US-based finance consultant by name SAMANTHA LEIGH WENTLAND and everything changed. I started enjoying huge returns from my investment.

[@PhilipMurray251]

@@emilyfranklin8190 Really? Well, I used to have a professional but his license was withdrawn along the line, so I continued on my own. Anyway, how can I reach your adviser or someone as good?

[@emilyfranklin8190]

@@PhilipMurray251 Just visit her page on line. Her details are there on her site.

[@ndaatweg00]

This is a great clickbait feed, dont know where this came from?

[@YABBAHEY1]

"We're running out of rocks,... um...& drivers. It's awful we have to raise concrete prices" (hey, worked for the lumber industry) gimmy

[@matthewgibbs6886]

considering there is very little actual infrastructure in the bill sure

[@stevenh2794]

Best comment so far!

[@frankw7266]

Well.... this certainly didn't age well. Here it is a year later, and the situation is about as far from "equalized" as you can get.

[@AdamSPARTAN76]

Don't worry....there's very little actual infastructure in the "infastructure bill"

[@kane3683]

I'm a bulk driver for a major ready mix company. Currently, loads are on assignment only. It's getting crazy

[@bradleysmith3284]

There was at one time a swath or gypsum that stretched from western Georgia 50 miles wide, to west Texas 500 miles wide.

[@rickhayes-oh2zm]

They didn't build the empire state building with high inflation. They built the empire state building with low prices.

[@FabioTheGreat]

“The process is still the same “ 😂

[@Jimmy-B-]

Seeing that thumb reminds me of when i got cement burns on my ankles when i was a teenager. Couldn’t walk for a week

[@itsme4g63dc8]

As if the infrastructure bill will be spent on infrastructure

[@dsl145]

Let's just ignore that $3.5T is what the size that the infrastructure plan should be...

[@lawsonj39]

You're telling me the Romans who constructed the Colosseum heated their cement to 2800 degrees? Not likely.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Not all cement is created equal. And not all cement is meant to meet the same standards

[@MuddinNYC]

You can make cement at significantly lower temps. The Romans used seawater instead of heat. This makes their cement actually last longer but takes significantly longer to make.

[@lukacsnemeth1652]

actually yes. roman concrete was made from vulcanic ashes. check en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolana

[@MuddinNYC]

@@lukacsnemeth1652 Volcanic ashes were cool when used by the Romans... Volcanic ashes just means anything that came from an eruption. They didn't go into a volcano to make it. Volcanic eruption could end up miles from a volcano actually. The Romans did not use high heat in cement. They only cooked their cement to 900 C.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@lukacsnemeth1652 Volcanos don't get up to 2800 degrees. Not that they have to for ash

[@stillaliveandgaming324]

They forgotten to talk about the werry special type of sand that is needed, and also controbuting to unsafer shorelines, and increase in water related catastrophes

[@levistrauss5378]

The truck drivers, quarry workers and construction workers are the people who worked throughout the pandemic, so where is the shortage?

[@jaheimc6799]

My solution to fix truck driver and skilled workers shortage is to simply hire and train young boys and girls from overseas countries such as the Caribbean. The Caribbean have so many young folks who is interested in working with heavy equipment and as skilled workers. The problem in the smaller Caribbean islands are that workers and equipment out way the total amount of work available. So, the US tapping into this market and giving young Caribbean teen Boys and Girls an opportunity to train and work in the US will benefit both the US and the Caribbean on a whole.

[@MuddinNYC]

That's not a real solution. All you will do is lower wages of American workers so now they go from making a livable wage with good benefits to making minimum wage. Just look at what happened to the farm labor industry. Eventually no one will want to work in the field as a result so you will need to import even cheaper labor. Nothing will happen but immigrants being taken advantage of and Americans losing jobs.

[@thinkingfeelingwilling7192]

Capital, Labor, Commodity needs to be understood more in depth

[@enij1657]

We need a better alternative to concrete. During summer floors get hot to where you can burn yourself and it's heating the air up more.

[@prefersoxygen9373]

Sun heats up everything in the summer, even the most reflective and uneven surfaces, for example Sand Maybe you should plant grass over your floors🤣🤣

[@vylbird8014]

You could fix the heating problem with a simple color change. But people don't want that. Do you want to paint the roof of your house white? Even if you did, would the neighbours stand for it? Local government might even get involved with a building regulation that mandates certain roof colors.

[@brian2440]

I mean there’s a reason why the material has literally been used for 2,000+ years

[@enij1657]

@@brian2440 to what extent? Too much of it is used today.

[@enij1657]

@@prefersoxygen9373 not to the extent it does concrete and it's everywhere.

[@Fuzzyvision777]

Every video complains about a shortage in the trades and trucking but don't actually try to figure out WHY THERE IS A SHORTAGE. Most people in or who just left the industry knows well how we got here.

[@moodtherapist]

They need to talk to Versarien (VRS). They make graphene enhanced concrete which is 40% stronger and 4 x less water ingress. Adding a small amount of graphene allows you to use up to use 30% LESS CONCRETE for any given project.

[@cheezeball6109]

Only in America we have automobile shortages where dealers lots are packed to the gills with new and used autos! Shortages, shortages, get your shortages here......

[@headfirst6227]

Wow. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with this sustainable new economy. Homer has really outpaced all expectations.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Nobody is willing to increase taxes enough in the country

[@blackroyalbrand1287]

How about RECYCLING THE FXKING CONCRETE WE DON’T USE 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jamesdoerr4318]

Another terrific video by CNBC. I love you guys

[@mikerock8177]

We need to redo our whole different structure and a lot of places every train track to be able to fit an 18 wheeler under it and every bridge

[@chimayinasniffer]

Simple, 80% of the bill isn’t infrastructure.

[@rikirex2162]

We come ,we see...and we concrete !

[@q9r8s7t6u5v4w3x2y1z0]

0:04 false, agriculture is at the base of human civilization

[@tylerrjohnson68]

People didn't starve during the depression because there was no food

[@turbonyan314]

Don't worry. With each mile of rebuilt freeway running $1B or so, there will be plenty of cement to go around. If not, planning / permitting delays and labor shortages will balance things out.

[@jeffm2787]

Considering most of the money is just going to end up in big corporations pockets and/or with scammers and crooks and very little in infrastructure. Yes sure, no issues keeping up. Just don't expect high quality concrete.

[@Mapdotnowhere]

As if that 1 trillion would be spent on it

[@EastlakeRasta7]

North Africa has sand. USA: Looks like North Africa needs freedom.

[@inter5123]

Too bad the I my sand we can use is the one in beaches. Africa is saved…for now

[@EastlakeRasta7]

@@inter5123 dude, in order to make concrete/brikes we need sand js

[@inter5123]

@@EastlakeRasta7 dude, the sand in the desert is too fine to use in concrete and is hard to bind together for concrete. Only sands in beaches run through with water are capable of this. js

[@EastlakeRasta7]

@@inter5123 cool I didn't know that part

[@mclarendavid5935]

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[@daniellisa5178]

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[@charlesmanewell1891]

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[@tonybill8074]

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[@kelvinroyy9196]

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[@michaelscoffed1524]

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[@edups1]

Modern concrete-used in everything from roads to buildings to bridges-can break down in as few as 50 years Masonry is one of the most durable components of a home. Chimneys, fireplaces, and brick veneers can last a lifetime, and brick walls have an average life expectancy of more than 100 years. copied and pasted

[@davehendricks4824]

Should be asking how many millions of tons of carbon will be spewed into the atmosphere to accomplish this. That industry is one of the worst!

[@coyoteroadkill]

Ash Grove was the last American-owned cement company and it was bought out in 2018 by CRH, an Irish firm.

[@masonfarnsworth6730]

The process of making cement is almost as old as the format of the video.

[@paxundpeace9970]

When demand is steady supply will follow. But it will take same time.

[@mebsrea]

“has fell victim”? Do you not have English-speaking editors?

[@JohnClark-sc8uu]

Don't let the price tag of the infrastructure fool you. Only a small portion of that money is going to concrete projects. And even a smaller amount of that the money paying for cement. Most the the trillion dollars are going to special democratic interests.

[@mightymouse2893]

It won’t be an issue due to the fact the “infrastructure bill” has little to do with actual infrastructure enhancement

[@ptrcklgrs77]

Bingo

[@tomvana4270]

Oh please! A trillion dollars in concrete is about 500 yards.

[@TonyL-gw4qx]

Yes because the infustructure bill isn't close to a trillion dollars for infustructure. This bill is more pork than anything else.

[@clydedenby1436]

No worries. Only a very small fraction of that 1 trillion dollars will be used to build anything of substance. This fact not withstanding, the material fearmongering will not be wasted. Money will be made.

[@taipizzalord4463]

Just get it from China.

[@Fauzanarief-n7i]

@@mrbears34 china alone is pouring 60 percent of the world cement, in 2011-2013 it pour more cement than US in 20th century (1900-2000)

[@ksingh361]

Covid didnt cause disruptions. Government reactions and incompetant policies in response of covid did. Get it right.

[@jamieshort1558]

Hemp cement 😌

[@JusdoinstuF]

Problem Solved to effectively do they won’t do it

[@mtorres3097]

Makes me wanna drive ready mix trucks again.

[@hubertmarshall]

Don’t worry. They won’t be spending it all on cement. Let’s be honest 😏

[@gedigan3346]

Why would any one enter trades to risk there life, being cheap labour, pound out there body, get poisoned from all the chemicals and high risk.....NOT WORTH IT Corporations have made record profits, pay little tax, and still do not want to give anyone else a seat at the table to eat!

[@PigRipperLAW]

You know you could fix that whole skilled workers shortage problem by making college free. Maybe get rid of some of these artificial barriers that are a legacy of Classism, Racism and Slavery.

[@nickkan79]

College is the reason there is a labor shortage. Concrete pouring and trucking are trades that they don’t teach in college and people who go to college don’t work in this field. You don’t need a degree to pour concrete.

[@jeremymyers5643]

Heck don't stop with free college , what else would you like for free.

[@prefersoxygen9373]

Is there a college degree for working with concrete? Using a rake? Shovel? Screed? Float? How to construct forms? No The best training is in the field, getting hands on experience. Stop begging for free stuff and I'm not sure what those artificial barriers have to do with anything in the real world. Time to shake them from your headspace and let's all make the world better.

[@prefersoxygen9373]

@@jeremymyers5643 pizza and steak for free for me! Haha

[@PigRipperLAW]

@@jeremymyers5643 A life worth living. Is that too much to ask?

[@Coinomic]

I rather live with nature, thank you for the cements home.

[@ArthursHD]

Structures should last longer. Preferably passively like rocks have stood in places for years and will do so for years to come. If not enough with that then with automation.

[@seanlally7384]

The skilled trades biggest issue by far is managing dust. So that means either producing better smelling masks or figuring out ways to eliminate dust in the working environment.

[@jackmehoff5523]

Don't worry about it the dust has been there since the beginning and now it's a problem.

[@Rod-bp8ow]

There are a lot of alternatives that can replace the concrete and the harmful effects of concrete cement. There are plastic infused and mud, silicon for water proof structures recyclable products, sources, environment friendly ones and infrastructures. SME General practices, practitioners all fields of studies are efficient, orderly, and well coordinated with one another respectively.

[@jolyonwelsh9834]

I am not going to demand as much as the average person. I plan on living in a 500 square foot tuff shed.

[@jaxstax2406]

Use building materials that are more sustainable. You only need to use concrete on skyscrapers, parking lots, etc. You don't need concrete for houses or multi-family homes. You can use rammed earth which uses only 10-20% concrete.

[@jimmydean4494]

Nice video designed to raise the price of concrete by 200%

[@shitpostcentraI]

4:26 I like how the flaps have worn down and become useless overtime

[@jperello001]

It’s not a $1T infrastructure bill. More like $900 billion to politicians and $100 billion to real infrastructure

[@robertheinkel6225]

That is pretty close to the breakdown I saw. 90% to be used to bail out Democratic states.

[@eduardoherrera4894]

men im a concrete contractor and now the bagged concrete is just sand and rocks