# Sawdust byproduct from cutting trees

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**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723 "2019-07-10T22:50:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/1 "2019-07-10T22:50:53Z")

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An interesting idea for a byproduct of cutting down trees would be sawdust. After all, waste not want not, especially with such valuable resources as trees.  
With sawdust you could turn it into meals that would fill calorie requirements or act as filler for some meals (bread, soup, etc) but come with _harsh_ health drawbacks, especially after long term use.  
Another use for sawdust could be use as tinder or crude stuffing for pillows and other bedding materials.

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**Author:** ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/2 "2019-07-11T02:21:09Z")

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Sawdust isn’t digestible.

Other than that, yeah, sawdust would be pretty good as an addition. Probably we’d want better handling of dust in the game first.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/3 "2019-07-11T02:39:46Z")

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that’s why there would be significant health debuffs  
but is and has been used in filler for food. ever heard of Kommissbrot? beats starving at least and its good to always have options, especially if you’re more of a scavenger/nomad type, than a farmer/

> **[Sawdust | Use in food](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust#Use_in_food)**
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> Cellulose, fibre starch that is indigestible to humans, and a filler in some low calorie foods, can be and is made from sawdust, as well as from other plant sources. While there is no documentation for the persistent rumor, based upon Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, that sawdust was used as a filler in sausage, cellulose derived from sawdust was and is used for sausage casings. Sawdust-derived cellulose has also been used as a filler in bread. 
> When cereals were scarce, sawdust was sometimes ...

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/4 "2019-07-11T02:47:24Z")

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I’m aware it is and has been used as a fibre filler before. It isn’t digestible, therefore jt has no calories and is fairly useless when you’re starving except to reduce your sensation of hunger for a while.

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**Author:** ![Abraham\_Limpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/abraham_limpo/32/6711_2.png) [@Abraham\_Limpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abraham_Limpo)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/5 "2019-07-11T10:11:46Z")

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It could be used as an alternative to bonemeal in wastebread.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/6 "2019-07-11T13:56:32Z")

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Sawdust would be handy if we had some way to compress them into plywood or those long burning firelogs. If farming gets more love it could definitely be used as mulch as well.

For how CDDA operates though using it as a filler is basically pointless. As Erk points out you can’t digest it, and food already moves through your stomach pretty fast in game so it would fill you up for a minute or so, but that’s not really helpful either.

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**Author:** ![Fris0uman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fris0uman/32/8607_2.png) [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/7 "2019-07-11T22:14:47Z")

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For people that don’t like to see any _hunger_ status they could fill themselves with sawdust  
Alternativly we could add a mutation that allow digestion of cellulose  
And/or some recipe that use sawdust, (maybe TNT??)

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**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/8 "2019-07-12T00:06:16Z")

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while airborne dust is highly explosive when exposed to fire/electricity, it isn’t enough to probably function as tnt.  
just strong enough to kill everybody in the room

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**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sawdust-byproduct-from-cutting-trees/20723/9 "2019-07-12T22:43:48Z")

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" **Trinitrotoluene** is a chemical compound commonly known as **TNT**. TNT is commonly confused with dynamite, however, dynamite is actually a mixture of nitroglycerin and an absorbent agent such as **sawdust**" From [here](http://www.creationwiki.org/Trinitrotoluene). So I meant dynamite apparently.