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From my winter camping - it takes a lot more work to melt snow than ice, when one is boiling water.
by heelix 4y ago
From my winter camping - it takes a lot more work to melt snow than ice, when one is boiling water.
- 867-5309 4y agoI'd imagine it depends on the type of snow and the type of ice, but if we're talking about (almost) pure water types then snow would obviously melt more readily than ice
- heelix 4y agoThat was sort of the point I was going after. You end up taking longer to melt enough snow for coffee than ice - so you burn through more fuel to get the equivalent amount of hot water when scooping in the snow vs chunks of ice. It was counter intuitive.