[TheForge] eucalyptus charcoal

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

This leaves a lot of carbon unaccounted for...
or they are producing a lot more iron per unit charcoal than I'd 
have guessed....PF

kevin donahoe wrote:
> about 2%?
> 
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>  Phoebe Palmer
>  Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:00 AM
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> 
>  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".
>  >
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