Originally Posted by
Burton
Then you need to learn how to travel more effeciently. A gallon of fuel a month is ridiculious.
Let me post some numbers against that.
One gallon 128 ounces. Thats 4.266 ounces every day for thirty days.1 ounce of alcohol will boil 2 cups of water
Thats 8.5 cups of boiled water per day using alcohol as a fuel or 76.8 minutes of burn time each and every day.
1 ounce of white gas boils 1.5 liters of water
Thats 6.4 liters of boiled water per day using white gas as a fuel or 30 minutes of burn time each and every day.
You don't need a more effecient stove - you need to change what you're doing.
Try melting snow, and see how far it goes.
And how about drinking water, and heating water for other purposes. Many people prefer warm water for bathing, shampooing, and other uses.
What about multiple-course meals?
What about cooking that goes beyond mere boiling, which is the basis of the low figures you are using.
And your burn times for the white gas are also inaccurate.
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[Burton, I really don't have the time for or the interest in these sorts of arguments, which are basically meaningless. The simple and main fact -- and the primary point -- and the original point -- and the point that is intended to be potentially helpful to the OP and others -- is that quite a bit of money can be saved in the long run.]