[TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

[Garrick Peterson]

>>You gotta' give them credit for not using coal or electric furnaces
or something...

Aaah. But that there begs the question, would the eucalyptus trees
saved by using other fossel fuels offset the carbon dioxide output by
more than using eucalyptus in the frist place? Purely from a co2
equation standpoint, not a renewable resource standpoint.

~G

On 8/18/05, Jeffrey Polaski <jpolaski at rgs.uci.edu> wrote:
> 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-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [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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