[Stoves] VERY small cooking: How to do it.

[Paul S. Anderson]

Quoting "Boll, Martin Dr." <boll.bn at t-online.de>:

> Dear Paul,
> Lighting quickliy and smokefree is important.
> How about using a hybrid-technic: Beginning alcohol, followed by small wood?

If hybred refers to using one, and then separately another, that does not work
because the first one (alcohol) needs to actually ignite the second one 
(wood).

But if hybred is a combination where the first one ignites the second, that is
actually how we ignite the TLUD, which is the OTHER combustion technology that
I wrote can be started quickly, be intense, and extinquish quickly or remove
conveniently.  TLUD ignition is typically with a "starter" fuel that ignites
right away (the vapors from alcohol are good, but almost too volatile) AND
ignites the woodchips in the TLUD.

I am surprised at how little discussion there was about the topic of 
VERY small
cooking.  Some great comments from one reader whose interest in in the
backpacking activities, not in the Developing Societies context.  (I learned
some things from him and the references he provided.  For example, at 
least two
other people were making the alcohol burners out of tincans (not aluminum)
before I did my work.  But our construction methods and sizes are 
different.  I
have some more experiments to conduct!!)

And almost NO comments about whether or not the people who need improved
cookstoves (ICS) actually do much of the VERY small cooking.

Paul

> Regards
>
> Martin
>
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