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World's largest sawdust dump is on fire 'and will burn for years'
Siberian Times ^
| July 25, 2016
Posted on 07/26/2016 8:01:34 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster
A satellite photo taken in June 2016. Picture: LandSat, Greenpeace
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:02:39 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
To: TigerLikesRooster
They could mix the sawdust with paraffin and make fire starters...
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:03:33 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: TigerLikesRooster
I disagree. The worlds largest sawdust dump is the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphiia. The 2nd largest is on fire
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:04:46 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Why would there be a sawdust dump? Why hasn’t this been burned previously? Or used to make fiberboard? Or Arby’s?
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:05:25 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Greenpeace say the sawdust dump is the largest of its kind in the world, and the campaign group has raised concerns over the smoke pollution from the site.”
Boo Hoo! Deal with it.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:06:11 AM PDT
by
sagar
To: TigerLikesRooster
It’s not visible on my google earth, but then again, the image date is 12/31/1969.
To: TigerLikesRooster
you would think they could find something to do with that much sawdust.
Pack it into fuel logs compressed with some paraffin and you have logs to heat your home
Seems like an awful waste.
Cant they bulldoze the non-burning sections away?
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:08:30 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The difference between the sawdust burning versus the sawdust rotting is about 10 years. To the best of my knowledge there is otherwise no meaningful chemical difference.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Red Adair could put that out if he was still alive.
He’d drop a MOAB on it.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:12:10 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Ride To The Sound Of The Guns.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It reminds me of the time I lit my compost pile of decaying yard debris on fire. It smoldered for days, and it stunk! I won’t make that mistake again...
To: TigerLikesRooster
Can’t they make something out of this - bread for Venezuela, or something like that.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:13:47 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: TigerLikesRooster
A fire on a 10 hectare (25 acre) site in the middle of nowhere. Is this a joke?
To: SaxxonWoods
Hed drop a MOAB on it. That is the best solution. The Russian air force could make bombing practice runs and extinguish it in a day or two.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:15:12 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Russia sure finds interesting ways to get in the Guinness book of records. Wonder who the current contender is for longest/largest burning sawdust fire?
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:15:52 AM PDT
by
Marko413
To: TigerLikesRooster
I would view sawdust as a resource.
Why do they just dump it?
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:16:53 AM PDT
by
toast
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:18:05 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: dangus
Why would there be a sawdust dump? Why hasnt this been burned previously? Or used to make fiberboard? Or Arbys?
...
LOL.
Arby’s always made me sick.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:18:30 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Wow. Who would have predicted that such a large pile of sawdust would catch fire?
Sorry, sarcasm is the only response I can find to this. What a waste - that would have been some amazing dirt if composted properly!
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:18:37 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Clinton Cash = Proof of Corruption)
To: TigerLikesRooster
First, the CO2 is not the problem.
If you care about climate, burning wood is carbon neutral since it comes from trees that absorbed the CO2 from the air as it grew.
The sawdust pile is still small compared to the rest of the wood that was shipped elsewhere.
Possible solutions to the noxious smoke problem:
Split the giant pile into several smaller piles that would be manageable and extinguishable.
Or blow in more air into the fire to make it burn faster and cleaner.
Or compress the sawdust into fire logs and sell it.
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posted on
07/26/2016 8:19:12 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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