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1. Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:49:30 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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   @deprecated_ii there are solid fuel cubes that do this, one brand is esbit, and the cubes plus cooker are still given to every soldier in many euro armies, where they then did the same poncho trick. the cubes smell awful
   
   rei.com/product/852113/esbit-solid-fuel-stove-and-cookset
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   • Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:49:30 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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     @deprecated_ii by rough estimate, a soaked sugarcube would contain about 138 kJ of energy,
     an esbit (hexamine) tablet of the same weight about a 150 kJ.
     
     It might be worthwhile to make these, because sugar and lighter fluid are orders of magnitude easier to get than hexamine
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:49:56 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @WandererUber @deprecated_ii I miss the old days when they had tons of that stuff at surplus stores. Wish I'd bought 20 cases

   • Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:58:44 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @deprecated_ii
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 02:58:44 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @WandererUber @deprecated_ii I guess they have these ones out there still. I can't remember which I liked more, been too long

   • Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:07:14 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @deprecated_ii true hexamine supposedly burns way gooder, but I'm no alchemist.
     
     1.500 kJ/mol for trioxane [1]
     4.200 kJ/mol for hexamine [2]
     
     [1] chemeo.com/cid/56-840-7/1-3-5-Trioxane
     [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_of_combustion
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