There’s no better way to simultaneously tap your inner child and understand the global climate crisis than to visit a cement manufacturing plant. Giant in scale, oppressively hot, and Seussian in complexity, cement plants are the apotheosis of the industrial age—having enabled all the monumental works of modern civilization, from skyscrapers in Dubai to suspension bridges in China. Cement manufacturing is also one of the primary drivers of climate change, accounting for 7 percent of…

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