Could bush fuel be turned into a useful product?

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From: Surfer
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:24

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This company in Africa turns thorn bush into fuel.
 
http://www.bushblok.com/index.html

".....We are creating a viable market for biomass products derived in
environmentally and socially appropriate means, harvesting and
processing invader thornbush and manufacturing extruded wood
briquettes.."

http://www.bushblok.com/process.htm

"....Our briquette product is trademarked as Bushblok. Bushblok is
useful for cooking fires, braii, home heating, and industrial heat
applications. As a result of the extrusion process, it has a caloric
value approaching coal, some 4870 Kcal. It has an after burn ash
content of 0.35-0.5% and is classified as a Smokeless Fuel...."


I wonder if a similarly useful product could be produced in Australia
from bush understory that is currently burnt off every year to reduce
bush fire risk?

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