^This type of reaction is part of the reason why I love the Technic Pack and Tekkit. There's so many mods with so many things that you'll eventually go, "the hell is a _____."
A coke oven is a large thing that you can use to smelt wood into charcoal and has creosote oil as a byproduct. That helps with Railcraft rails. It also does stuff with plain old coal. Coal is, once again, vital in Tekkit.
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multiple updates tomorrow or i will publicly admit that zachnorn is better than me -Sess/MRNICEWATCH
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