I now see that only liquid, gaseous, or jellied chemicals are "chemicals" for purposes of G2SS. So the common practice -- in one place at one time -- of using C4 for fuel would be as off-topic for the G2SS prohibition as paraffin, "heat tabs," or wood.
But might the B.S.A. share with us the reasoning that brought it to prohibit DIY "chemical stoves" while allowing, but not recommending, non-homemade alcohol stoves?
Are DIY stoves more dangerous in experience? (More dangerous than axes?) Or are they, rather, less dangerous than purchased chemical stoves?
The alcohol stove that I purchased several years ago was made of aluminum beverage cans, as were those I made myself. Only the purchased stove pressurizes itself -- something I could not seem to accomplish myself. It works more efficiently than the stoves that I made, but is it less dangerous or more?
I would no more want such a purchased alcohol stove tipped on me than I would a buddy burner, wood stove, my favorite Coleman burning appliance, or, as otherwise suggested, the hot water that might be found on top of any of these tools.
In forty-one years in the program, I have seen far more burns from open fires than all the various stoves combined.
In stovedom, the biggest risk during those years was from the original Coleman Peak 1 stove, the one with the brown fuel tank that regularly spouted orange flames ten feet in the air, over-pressurized, leaked fuel all over the table through the "safety valve," and then ignited THAT fuel. Impressive sight on a Winter's night. See "Vesuvius Effect."
Is it the Scout burned to death with the rubbing alcohol? That seems somewhat unrelated to stoves.
Is it the visibility of flames issue? Surely not. The flames are as visible - or not - in a "store-bought" stove as a home-made one.
As we are told this decision resulted from a disciplined and formalized analysis, reason(s) for the new distinctions was/were identified. Could you share?
(And when will that disciplined process focus on the several years-old unfortunate information on purification of water and "safe" dish-washing found in B.S.A. literature on sale tomorrow in Scout Shops all over the country - the literature that contradicts the G2SS?)
But might the B.S.A. share with us the reasoning that brought it to prohibit DIY "chemical stoves" while allowing, but not recommending, non-homemade alcohol stoves?
Are DIY stoves more dangerous in experience? (More dangerous than axes?) Or are they, rather, less dangerous than purchased chemical stoves?
The alcohol stove that I purchased several years ago was made of aluminum beverage cans, as were those I made myself. Only the purchased stove pressurizes itself -- something I could not seem to accomplish myself. It works more efficiently than the stoves that I made, but is it less dangerous or more?
I would no more want such a purchased alcohol stove tipped on me than I would a buddy burner, wood stove, my favorite Coleman burning appliance, or, as otherwise suggested, the hot water that might be found on top of any of these tools.
In forty-one years in the program, I have seen far more burns from open fires than all the various stoves combined.
In stovedom, the biggest risk during those years was from the original Coleman Peak 1 stove, the one with the brown fuel tank that regularly spouted orange flames ten feet in the air, over-pressurized, leaked fuel all over the table through the "safety valve," and then ignited THAT fuel. Impressive sight on a Winter's night. See "Vesuvius Effect."
Is it the Scout burned to death with the rubbing alcohol? That seems somewhat unrelated to stoves.
Is it the visibility of flames issue? Surely not. The flames are as visible - or not - in a "store-bought" stove as a home-made one.
As we are told this decision resulted from a disciplined and formalized analysis, reason(s) for the new distinctions was/were identified. Could you share?
(And when will that disciplined process focus on the several years-old unfortunate information on purification of water and "safe" dish-washing found in B.S.A. literature on sale tomorrow in Scout Shops all over the country - the literature that contradicts the G2SS?)
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