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Re:Third-Biggest U.S. Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy by adrianN on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:06AM (#19907901)
You turn the trees into charcoal and bury that. Perfect job creation cycle :)
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Re:Third-Biggest U.S. Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy by perilunar on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:46AM (#19908358)
Not as silly as it sounds:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar

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Re:Third-Biggest U.S. Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy by CydeWeys on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @08:19PM (#19925047)
It is pretty silly, because why would you go to greater lengths to dig up coal when you have all this biochar you've just created at the surface that you could more easily burn to release more energy?
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