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		permo-w 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's st... then again we have hundreds of years of economies of scale in place for that process, and (presumably) far less for repurifying steel. I'm not saying it's not possible, of course it's not, but is it financially viable with current infrastructure? I'm genuinely asking, I don't know anything about this.

kragen 3 months ago [–]

I'm no expert either but I think you can use the same process, though most steel recycling is instead done more cheaply done in EAFs.

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