About two thousand years ago in modern Sichuan province in China, they were using percussion drilling and bamboo pipes to get natural gas so it could be burned to evaporate brine and produce salt. They could transport natural gas for miles in bamboo pipelines.
About two thousand years ago in modern Sichuan province in China, they were using percussion drilling and bamboo pipes to get natural gas so it could be burned to evaporate brine and produce salt. They could transport natural gas for miles in bamboo pipelines.
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