[TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

[Jeffrey Polaski]

Well, not totally smoke and mirrors. You gotta' give them credit for not
using coal or electric furnaces or something... At least using the
eucalyptus is relatively break-even technology. 

I guess that what I'm getting at is that nothing is perfect, and at
least eucalyptus is *relatively* better than the common alternatives.

I bet it smells pretty good, too.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of mrscherm at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

The mini-blast furnaces emit less carbon dioxide than the the forest 
consumes, but the charcoal making process emits far more carbon dioxide 
than the trees can consume. Also, it doesn't say if the furnaces are 
located in the middle of their forest, nor where the cokerizing of the 
wood takes place. Smoke & Mirrors.
Michael
Boston

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:57:05 -0400
Subject: Re: [TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

Hmmm,

Cabon dioxide make the trees grow. Trees are cut down and burned, 
ultimately,
to carbon dioxide. So where does this excess carbon dioxide go - tree 
roots?

Bruce
NJ

>>> schade at acegroup.cc 8/18/2005 10:13:38 AM >>>
CVRD and NUCOR Announce Pig Iron Project

<snip>

"The use of a cultivated forest to produce charcoal allows for an
environmentally friendly approach to pig iron production since the
forest will consume more carbon dioxide than will be emitted by the
mini-blast furnaces." stated Dan DiMicco, NUCOR Vice Chairman,
President and CEO.

<snip>



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