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> same energy density as wood by weight which means they'll provide a few minutes of heat at best. You'd be better off using them as blankets or letting some w
by zdragnar 4y ago
> same energy density as wood by weight
which means they'll provide a few minutes of heat at best. You'd be better off using them as blankets or letting some water freeze them into scoop shapes and turning them into makeshift shovels.
They also aren't going to burn nearly as cleanly as wood, meaning the burn will be far less efficient.
Depending on the size of area that you're heating, getting from -15 to 30F will take at least a solid hour of burning cleanly.
- Retric 4y agoIt isn’t going to be clean burning, but the clothes are presumably bone dry which helps. Really though it’s not about how good an energy source this is, but just how much old junk people have. I have seen people toss several hundred pounds of old clothes that don’t have any real value. It’s the same with old books they don’t burn that well but when you have a half a ton you might as well burn em vs toss them in a landfill.
- __jambo 4y agoIf they had several hundred pounds of old clothes they can build a gigantic pillow fort and huddle together in the middle with a candle. This would be better than burning the clothes, as I assume they have enough food.
- Retric 4y agoA pillow fort doesn’t keep liquids above freezing so you have something to drink.