The production and transportation of fuel from sawmill refuse is influenced by considerations of raw material cost, type of equipment, operating supplies, operating labor, and distance from source to market. Fuels from sawmill refuse are transported principally by means of trucks, railroad cars, barges, or combinations of those methods.
Energy is extremely important to all societies-but especially important to industrial societies. A characteristic of an industrial society is its enormous consumption of energy. Only in the past few years has there been a broad general concern about energy cost and supply. When petroleum prices increased by a factor of...