Because they don't just compress their wood! That's the step after putting it in a vacuum and baking it and heating it up so that the lignin depolymerizes. Th

Because they don't just compress their wood! That's the step after putting it in a vacuum and baking it and heating it up so that the lignin depolymerizes. The video does a great job of explaining how this is different from just sticking wood into a press.