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Re:First all-electric seaplane takes flight in B.C. by philhippus on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:25AM (#21770516)
Yes, but it takes 100's of thousands of years for the planet to form fossil fuels such as coal. We can't wait that long.
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Re:First all-electric seaplane takes flight in B.C. by WalterBright on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:52AM (#21770618)
Just stuff the tree into the furnace. It'll burn just fine.

(The only reason the industrial revolution switched to coal was because the landscape was denuded of trees. The Jamestown colony in America was tasked with making glass, glass needs lots of fuel, and England ran out of trees. "Connections" by James Burke)

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Re:First all-electric seaplane takes flight in B.C. by blacksmythe on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:42PM (#21776850)
You have to convert the wood to charcoal to burn hot enough for a blacksmith forge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal

I highly recommend a visit to Plimouth Plantation to anyone interested in 1700's era technology: https://www.plimoth.org/

Or Old Sturbridge Village for 1800's era technology: https://www.osv.org/

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