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There must be an order of magnitude error there, possibly an extra zero in the printed number. The smoking of four tons looks feasible, for sixty years at abou
by ableal 10y ago
There must be an order of magnitude error there, possibly an extra zero in the printed number.
The smoking of four tons looks feasible, for sixty years at about 180g/day (enough tobacco for 9 packs of cigarettes, but used in pipes ).
- vonmoltke 10y agoAs an occasional pipe smoker, I can tell you that 180g/day is nigh-on impossible. A "bowl" (the unit you put in the pipe at once) is 1g - 1.5g, or roughly the same amount as in a single cigarette. So, that's 120 - 180 bowls per day. With an unfiltered pipe you would incinerate your tongue in a day smoking that much. Longer stems might help, but that is still a shitload of tobacco.
- Bartweiss 10y agoAn extra zero seems plausible. 3 to 5 pints of (likely weak) beer daily isn't out of the question.
- gist 10y agoI thought also that back in the olden days beer was preferable to water because it wasn't contaminated.