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Wood pellets are made how? Ask yourself "how do I make the tool to do that?" Recursively Steam engines made of what? Ditto E.g., steps to make wood pellet
by readthenotes1 2y ago
Wood pellets are made how?
Ask yourself "how do I make the tool to do that?" Recursively
Steam engines made of what?
Ditto
E.g., steps to make wood pellets
https://www.biopelletmachines.com/how-are-wood-pellets-made/ https://www.biopelletmachines.com/how-are-wood-pellets-made/
- smallmancontrov 2y agoIs the modern optimized form of the technology necessary for the application? Obviously not. You are the infomercial salesman who can't use a screwdriver. Or an ax.
- dredmorbius 2y agoGood reply but it reads far better without the final two sentences, BTW. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43456130 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43456130>
- readthenotes1 2y agoIt is not obvious to me that without the efficiencies provided by modern technology that the result would be a good use of energy and material.
- dredmorbius 2y agoThe fact that wood pellets are made by one specifically industrially-intensive process doesn't mean that they must be made by such a process. Interesting historical footnote: Kingston charcoal briquettes, a slightly larger-form of wood pellets, were created as an incidental product of Henry Fords automotive factories. These produced a large quantity of scrap wood waste which Ford saw a market for. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)#History>