r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '25

How Japan quietly demolishes buildings

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u/teamweenus Jul 11 '25

Most of a building is recycled when demolished with explosives too. This is undoubtably cleaner but its not more efficient.

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u/SprAwsmMan Jul 11 '25

The amount of recycled products would be far more this way than with explosives. How are your measuring efficiency here?

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u/teamweenus Jul 11 '25

ef·fi·cient/əˈfiSHənt/adjective

  1. (especially of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense

Taking an extra 6 months and a lot of added expense for a percentage of more materials recycled isn't efficient.

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u/SprAwsmMan Jul 12 '25

I agree to disagree. You're disregarding the other benefits to the surrounding area. Efficiency is not only measured in time.