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minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIf it’s that brittle, doesn’t that mean most of the value as firewood has already rotted away?
minus-squareSpendrill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoNo, it will make good tinder, means it’s dry. You can’t burn wood until the moisture and sap ages out of it.
minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIt’ll catch easily, but I suspect most of the fuel value has been lost and it’ll burn up very quickly. Rotten wood is light because it’s lost lignin.
If it’s that brittle, doesn’t that mean most of the value as firewood has already rotted away?
No, it will make good tinder, means it’s dry. You can’t burn wood until the moisture and sap ages out of it.
It’ll catch easily, but I suspect most of the fuel value has been lost and it’ll burn up very quickly. Rotten wood is light because it’s lost lignin.
What’s lignin?
It’s made from ligma.
Ligma ball sack