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		perilunar on May 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Third-Biggest U.S. Coal Company Files for Bankrupt... Not as silly as it sounds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar

CydeWeys on May 16, 2019 [–]

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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