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sillysaurus3 Apr 23, 2017 | on: Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either | context
My favorite was the person who happened to be burning a boat for fuel when it was being debated whether a crew could survive a shipwreck for years by using the ship as a fuel source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552 |
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credit_guy Dec 12, 2019 | on: Jetstar pilots forgot to lower the landing gear | context
This comment makes it to my Top 3 "I know what I'm talking about" list on Hacker News. Number 1 and 2 being the guy who won the Putnam, and the guy who burned the wood from a boat. |
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It just so happens that over the last 2 winters I've been burning a scrapped wooden boat in my fire stove so I know how much fire you get out of a boat.
The boat in question was a 15 meter long oak on oak boat. It lasted 2 winters for 2 homes with a fire stove, and we didn't even burn it all.
There's an amazing amount of wood in a boat, particularly around the keel. The framing, keel and other structural elements are made of really heavy timber. On top of that good wooden boats are (were..) built of slowgrown oak that is incredibly dense. One large piece would last for 6-8 hours in my stove and give off a lot of heat.
It doesn't seem unlikely to me that a 25-30 meter boat would last for 15 years if you the goal was primarily to keep the fire going, only getting it really big/hot when needed.