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Doesn't it take a lot of energy to convert rust back into something usable? Once Iron oxidizes it is pretty locked in. So maybe this whole thread should be ta
by FrustratedMonky 2y ago
Doesn't it take a lot of energy to convert rust back into something usable? Once Iron oxidizes it is pretty locked in.
So maybe this whole thread should be talking about mining coal as more the limit. The survivors wont have enough energy.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y agoNot alot of Amish coal miners either.
- ben_w 2y ago> Doesn't it take a lot of energy to convert rust back into something usable? The required level is achievable with a furnace made from clay, with an air pump made from sticks and leaves and mud, heated by charcoal made from heating logs in the absence of oxygen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGnWLXjIDnpBVRqu5lz5JGaQxjPs7q3CJ&si=ixDABQlzrmxEPJ66 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGnWLXjIDnpBVRqu5lz5JGaQx... (And again, this guy is starting basically from scratch each time; he's more interested in that than in practical re-industrialisation). Coal is nice to have, not mandatory.