History Tomorrow ~ Charcoal Making

[ppaappoo12]

Tried to watch this but got too pissed off at the editing effects... later..

[Jsewell0203]

I cannot understand why they are dumping water on the finished charcoal. Is'nt the point of baking the wood, to remove the moisture so it makes better fuel, less smoke, etc? If the point is to put out the fire, then why would thye not simply cover up the air holes on the mound and suffocate the fire? It just looks pitiful, watching them work in all that smoke.

[MrThahey]

@Jsewell0203 the point of making charcoal is to remove all of the volatile matter, tars, hydrocarbons, etc, and leave behind almost pure carbon that can burn hotter. Putting water onto it is fine, just as long as its left to dry for a while.

[oldchemical]

I agree, editor has ruined it.

[Redshift21]

This is an interesting video but it is spoiled by the fact that whoever edited it went crazy with the effects, you should allow people enough time to focus on what is happening rather than jumping from one edit to the next...in this case less would have been more.