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Similar to the "transparent wood!" story that made rounds a while back, where they took the wood out of the wood and replaced it with transparent plastic. Incredibly dishonest.
Right. Once you take the lignite out of wood, you have a porous structure into which you can put other liquids. There are other variations on this theme - super strong wood, conductive wood, etc.[1] Some of those tricks work on cellulose agricultural waste. Probably the most useful idea in this direction is oriented-strand board from bagasse, the long strands left after sugar is remove from sugar cane. Layers oriente…
You certainly meant to write „lignin“ there. (Lignite is a type of coal).