[TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

[kevin donahoe]

about 2%?

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 Phoebe Palmer
 Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:00 AM
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 Subject: Re: [TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal


 Just how much carbon do they stuff into those pigs anyway?

 schade at acegroup.cc wrote:
 > At the Nucor website
 > http://nucor.com/enviropages/articles/03-RenewableCarbonSource they show
 > the "Net Loss to the Environment" as 1.1 tons of CO2 per ton of Pig Iron
 > using eucalyptus charcoal. v. 2.2 tons of CO2 per ton of Pig Iron using
 > "the traditional method".
 >