Well, Yur no Grizzly Adams, but u do smell a little like a bears arse. :-)
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:51 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:

> At the risk of Bob opening up a can of whup arse on me, the correct
> dimension of a cord of wood is 8'(not 16')x4'x4'. Sorry, I just
> couldn't stand it, being the mountain man that I am......do I win?
> Miguel
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>
> wrote:
> > My woodstove came with a list of the various hardwoods and softwoods and
> > their BTU's. It showed a good difference between the oaks (highest BTU's)
> > and the softwoods. Just a fact I thought I'd state from the Osburn
> woodstove
> > site.
> > Courtney
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind,
> > and the ones who mind, don't matter.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
> >
> >
> >> At  11/1/2009 03:23 AM,Mike S wrote:
> >>>
> >>> At 01:01 AM 11/1/2009, Rob wrote...
> >>>>
> >>>> Extra heat? That is the wood burning in addition to the wax.
> >>>
> >>> Hey, just like an artificial log! But, wax holds much more heat
> >>> energy than wood, so your claim doesn't make sense, since the one
> >>> could just use more wax in place of the wood. (paraffin ~= 20,000
> >>> BTU/lb, wood ~= 6,000)
> >>
> >> Try it and see or just bad mouth it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I know what you mean. If you don't study or research things, and
> >>> just believe "old wive's tales," then you don't always make good
> >>> choices. Don't you wish you had found out sooner that aspen holds
> >>> 14.7M BTU/cord, weighs 2290 lbs/cord, and produces 6419 BTU/lb,
> >>> while white oak holds 25.7M BTU/cord, and weighs 4012 lbs/cord,
> >>> which is 6405 BTU/lb? So, the difference is a full 0.2% in energy
> >>> per pound. The US Forest Service ranks pine at the top.
> >>
> >>
> >> The problem here is you are mixing volumes (a cord) with weight.
> >> A cord of hardwood has more energy in it than a cord of softwood, a
> >> lot more (this is a volume measurement), and it weighs more. You put
> >> the same measure (volume) of sawdust in a can and there is more heat
> >> in the hardwood saw dust. Putting saw dust in a coffee can is a volume
> >> thing.
> >>
> >> I don't know anything about presto-logs but I have talked to one
> >> person who used one of these survival candles.
> >>
> >> My "claim" is that I talked to someone who used one, it is easy to
> >> make and would store well in the back of a Vanagon and if you ever
> >> really needed it it might help. What are you claiming on all this? Do
> >> you have a point to this? Why are we wasting bandwidth on this?  What
> >> is your point?
> >>
> >> Add something useful or stir the pot, <shrug>. I'm tired of dealing
> >> with your stirring but will jump back in if you add something useful to
> >> this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rob
> >> becida@comcast.net
> >
>