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Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel by K5EiS on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:40PM (#28418375)
Is coal not fossil fuel?
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Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel by kd5bjo on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:47PM (#28418417)
Yes, it is. From the description given, they were probably turning the trees into charcoal, which isn’t technically a fossil fuel: The carbon being released was only captured within the last few centuries, during the life of the tree.
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Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel by gus_massa on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:49PM (#28418443)
Yep, it's charcoal. Sorry for the bad translation, but we use the same word here.
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