[Stoves] Rocket Fuel?

[Thomas Reed]

Dear All:

I prefer wetted compaction, but twisted works too!  In the Little House 
on the Prairie books there is a description of heating the house with 
twisted corn shucks after the firewood ran out during a long winter.  
Laura and her father wore out several pairs of gloves and leather coats. 

Wood heat heats you three ways - when you cut it, stack it and burn it.  
We hope Dan can give us the ratio for paper twists. 

Onward toward biomass heat,

TOM REED    

BEF

Carefreeland at aol.com wrote:
> The good thing about rods or logs vs. balls out of rough fiber, is that you 
> can twist it to the correct density.  I have been impressed with the superior 
> combustion of twisted sections of newspaper compared to the rolled balls Dad 
> taught me to start fires with. I can adjust density to match chimney draft. 
>        
>        Dan Dimiduk 
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