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Re:Hardened wood as a renewable alternative to steel and pla... by mensetmanusman on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:37PM (#28949070)
No, not all carbon is released as gas during decomposition. If it were, we wouldn’t have diamonds :)
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Re:Hardened wood as a renewable alternative to steel and pla... by burnished on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:50PM (#28952934)
I don't know enough about diamond formation to properly dispute this, but I thought they didn't form from organic, locally sourced carbon?
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