From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, January 17, 2020 at 11:01:39 AM UTC-8, Jasen Betts wrote:   
   > On 2020-01-16, Michael Terrell  wrote:   
      
   > >    Coal is still needed to manufacture steel.   
   >   
   > coal is not needed there are other processes such as direct reduction   
   > that can be fueled with hydrogen or natural gas.   
      
   Are you sure?   What kind of container holds a few tons of ore and enough   
   hydrogen   
   or 'natural gas' to reduce it?   Doesn't hydrogen attack the oxides in   
   firebrick?   
      
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