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...differentiate between helping the sick or impoverished and helping those in war-torn countries? How do you decide who to help? -Adam Burnham, Austin, TX I think any help is helpful. I don't think you have to beat yourself up too much about 'who do I help?' and 'where do I start?". I think the desire to help and start is a wonderful thing...
...called TX Active, and it's an additive for cement that literally eats surrounding smog. "When light shines on TX, the material becomes active and neutralizes surrounding pollutants like nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide," says Borgarello. According to tests conducted by Italcementi, which spent more than a decade and $10 million developing the product, TX can reduce local air pollutants from 20% to 70%, depending on sunlight levels and wind. (It also adds as much as 20% to the cost of the cement.) Cover 15% of the exposed surfaces of a city like Milan, Borgarello estimates, and you could...
More study will be needed to determine just how effective TX Active is over the long term. So-called catalytic agents can lose their power over time. But Italcementi is already marketing it in the U.S. and Europe.The biggest potential, however, could be in rapidly growing countries like India and China. With annual cement demand expected to exceed 1 billion tons in China alone by 2008, building materials will have an enormous effect on changing urban environments. "We want to show that cement can contribute to the reduction of pollution," says Borgarello. "We can deal with problems that every city...
...does it make you feel when people put you or people in your position on a pedestal for their arguments about the war - "that's why we need to keep fighting" or "that's why we need to get out of there?" -Ahmed Mussafar in Vider, TX You know, with any war there is always somebody who gets kills and somebody who gets injured. We are not an excuse one way or another to control how you think about the war. That is something we are going to find out eventually about this war. The most important thing...
...Since you have had first-hand experience in the battle front; if it were up to you, would you let the troops come home and why or why not? -Robert Dominguez Jr. in Aubrey,Tx That's not my decision...