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  • Treatments to Toughen Asphalt Developed - We NEED This

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 30 23:03:29 2024
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, alt.science
    XPost: alt.politics.usa

    https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-scientists-method-asphalt-durability-weather.html

    Scientists from the University of Sharjah in the United
    Arab Emirates and China's Hefei University of Technology
    have developed a method to build durable and lasting asphalt
    pavements that can withstand rutting and cracking due to
    low temperatures and heavy loads.

    They believe the method could reduce overall costs that
    normally accompany the purchasing and maintenance of
    expensive road durability testing equipment and improve
    testing of asphalt to make sure it holds up well in cold
    and hot weather.

    Now the scientists claim their technology can produce
    the type of asphalt binders with the ability to weather
    pavement cracking and rutting and shorten training time
    for operators to learn how to use sophisticated asphalt
    binder devices to make asphalt roads more resistant and
    lasting.

    . . .

    This is good. Asphalt is cheap, but often not nearly
    as durable as desired. Concrete is better, but vastly
    more energy-intensive.

    Oh, anti-oil people, DO note that asphalt is a left-over
    from petroleum distillation. No more oil = no more
    asphalt = no more roads. Old asphalt CAN be recycled,
    but only to a POINT ... it's never as good as fresh
    stuff.

    What we also need is better asphalt road PATCHING
    materials. New asphalt has more volatiles, so while
    you can pack it in a hole it soon SHRINKS, comes
    loose, and you have a BIGGER hole.

    Yea yea, the further left wants us all riding
    bikes like good little Maoist slaves and really
    doesn't want us GOING much of ANYWHERE so we
    can't exchange info/experiences that may undermine
    the political 'truths'. Your town is your prison.

    Also, many older people CAN'T ride bikes. They
    will fall over or get vein blockages or heart
    attacks. They need GOOD roads - and maybe some
    "JohnnyCabs" that self-drive to wherever needed
    and DON'T crash into stuff. Self-driving has
    IMPROVED considerably, but it ain't quite there
    yet ... 'weird' situations and bad weather confuse
    it a little too often yet.

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  • From John Doe@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Sep 30 21:55:13 2024
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, alt.science
    XPost: alt.politics.usa

    On 9/30/2024 9:03 PM, [email protected] wrote:
    https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-scientists-method-asphalt- durability-weather.html

    Scientists from the University of Sharjah in the United
    Arab Emirates and China's Hefei University of Technology
    have developed a method to build durable and lasting asphalt
    pavements that can withstand rutting and cracking due to
    low temperatures and heavy loads.

    They believe the method could reduce overall costs that
    normally accompany the purchasing and maintenance of
    expensive road durability testing equipment and improve
    testing of asphalt to make sure it holds up well in cold
    and hot weather.

    Now the scientists claim their technology can produce
    the type of asphalt binders with the ability to weather
    pavement cracking and rutting and shorten training time
    for operators to learn how to use sophisticated asphalt
    binder devices to make asphalt roads more resistant and
    lasting.

    . . .

      This is good. Asphalt is cheap, but often not nearly
      as durable as desired. Concrete is better, but vastly
      more energy-intensive.

      Oh, anti-oil people, DO note that asphalt is a left-over
      from petroleum distillation. No more oil = no more
      asphalt = no more roads. Old asphalt CAN be recycled,
      but only to a POINT ... it's never as good as fresh
      stuff.

      What we also need is better asphalt road PATCHING
      materials. New asphalt has more volatiles, so while
      you can pack it in a hole it soon SHRINKS, comes
      loose, and you have a BIGGER hole.

      Yea yea, the further left wants us all riding
      bikes like good little Maoist slaves and really

    Your news services are lying to you. Hard.

      doesn't want us GOING much of ANYWHERE so we
      can't exchange info/experiences that may undermine
      the political 'truths'. Your town is your prison.

      Also, many older people CAN'T ride bikes. They
      will fall over or get vein blockages or heart
      attacks. They need GOOD roads - and maybe some
      "JohnnyCabs" that self-drive to wherever needed
      and DON'T crash into stuff. Self-driving has
      IMPROVED considerably, but it ain't quite there
      yet ... 'weird' situations and bad weather confuse
      it a little too often yet.


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