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Construction companies in Colorado and throughout the country are facing a shortage of cement. Stephen Raher reports on what's causing the shortage and what it could mean for the economy.
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Construction companies in Colorado and throughout the country are facing a shortage of cement. Stephen Raher reports on what's causing the shortage and what it could mean for the economy.
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Review of Cement ShortagesI liked this piece not only because I work with concrete all the time in my job, but also because it might open the public eyes about everyday resources we take for granted like cheap gas, cheap concrete, and cheap lumber. It demonstrates the domino effect that occurs as a result of natural or man-made events and how even the most obscure happenings can effect everyone. Is this another version of "The Butterfly Effect"?
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Broadcast History
September 20, 2005. Rebroadcast September 24.
Transcript
*** CEMENT SHORTAGES ***
ERIC WHITNEY: Economics tells us that when an item is in short supply, prices go up. That lesson has been acutely obvious when it comes to gasoline lately, but builders in Colorado are facing a shortage of their own. Seems that cement is getting hard to come by. Cement, mixed with sand, gravel, and water to make concrete, is basic to homes, commercial buildings, roads, and a host of other construction projects. Stephen Raher has more.
[sound of construction equipment]
STEPHEN RAHER: Summer months typically mean lots of work for contractors. Warm weather allows workers to spend long hours building roads or erecting houses. Often this type of work involves cement, a powdery substance made from limestone that’s been baked in large kilns. But cement has been in short supply lately, and it’s worrying some in the construction industry.
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Posted on September 28, 2005 at 06:20 PM | Permalink
Review of Cement Shortages
Who Would Have Ever Guessed??
This is what I love about public radio. We find the stuff no one is thinking about before the rest of country catches on!
We're all focused on Oil Refineries while we're about to be cursed with a shortage of concrete! Thank God I got my patio poured last year!
The story is well written and edited. A bit slow on the pace here and there but nothing that would prevent me from putting this on my air. I would run this right away if I were a news station. The yuppies planning that second vacation house MUST KNOW ABOUT THIS!
All jokes aside, this is a quality piece that has the potential to get your listeners talking at the water cooler about how the world is going to hell in a hand basket...first gas, now concrete!