Persuasive Essay On Fire Starters

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When heading out into the woods, you'll want to have an idea of what you can use as tinder to start your campfire. It's vital for warmth and food preparation. With some tinder, you'll need to prepare it in advance and pack it in with your essentials. The environment will dictate what you're able to use if you don't pack your own. Some of the tinder you can prepare in advance might include tubes of newspaper, paper bags or cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly. The tinder you find in the outdoors might include pine straw, dried grass or cattails. It definitely depends on the season as well as what's natural to the environment. Leaves Pros When it comes to fire starters, leaves can be incredibly useful since they're plentiful in the …show more content…

You'll need to bring paper with you to be used as a fire starter. This can be inconvenient when there are more natural sources of tinder where you're located. You'll need room in your pack or belongings when you're traveling to the woods if you want to use paper for camp fires. Steel Wool Pros Steel wool is a great source of tinder when combined with a nine volt battery. It becomes an independent fire starter as well as having the ability to be used as tinder for your fire needs. The steel wool should be fine grade for this to work. Place the nine volt battery against the steel wool. The metal conducts the energy from the battery into the steel wool, so it catches on fire. The combination means that they can be used as a backup to other fire starting methods in an emergency. Steel wool can be used while wet too. Cons When using steel wool and a battery, ensure that the two are never stored near each other. They could touch inadvertently in the box or bin, which will immediately start a fire. It might be inconvenient to carry a battery and steel wool with you in your pack because they need to be stored separately. In a survival situation, you might not have steel wool in your supplies either. The smoke from burning steel wool should never be

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