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Start with something more flammable than wet wood or with electric lighter. Burning wet wood and fresh leaves - it's more practical to dry them first with lefto
by yetihehe 3y ago
Start with something more flammable than wet wood or with electric lighter. Burning wet wood and fresh leaves - it's more practical to dry them first with leftover heat from chimney. Otherwise they need high temperature.
- londons_explore 3y agoSure. But it turns out that wood ideally takes multiple years to dry, and the vast majority of people don't collect wood from the forest 2 years in advance. (Think about the effective interest rate on your time - you are putting in effort 2 years before seeing the benefits). Instead, they collect wood 1 month before they use it (saving that 'interest'), and live with the fact their stove is a bit smokey. But they are unaware that their smokey stove is giving them lung cancer and making their family sick too. A stove design that could handle wet wood efficiently and without giving out deadly smoke would save a lot of lives and help the environment.