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perfectly clean fire produces almost no smoke. Smoke simply means that a
fire is not burning properly and that bits of unburned material are
escaping...
Really genius...so what you are telling me is that smoke is NOT a direct result of the fuel source being used to keep said fire going...interesting...I must confess that is the single dumbest statement I have read in years...well ever since my favorite political puppet hung up his ears and went into hiding...if you start a fire using damp...moist or soaking wet wood...you will find that smoke is going to be a huge part of keeping that fire going...this smoke doesn't indicate that unburned material is floating away into the atmosphere...it means that FIRE...a naturally HOT element...is interacting negatively with the WATER...a naturally WET element...present in the wood...this generally produces smoke and steam which is inseparable and therefore will NOT condense and fall back into the fire snuffing it out...a perfectly clean fire of natural gas origins will produce no visible smoke...that does NOT mean that there aren't chemical elements rising from the flames and spreading into the surrounding environment...smoke is basically a gas and is a by-product of all FIRES...you CANNOT have one without the other...to prove this theory all one needs to understand is how backdraft works...when a contained environment becomes inundated with smoke...the smoke backs up and creates enormous pressure...(probably due to the expansion of gaseous elements within)...once access is gained to said environment...(kicking it in or smashing through an adjoining wall as in the case of firemen)...the smoke mixes with the influx of oxygen creating a highly combustible atmosphere...a single spark or flame present in the general vicinity is enough to cause an EXPLOSION...if smoke were simply 'unburned material' finding a way to escape it would settle on the floor and dissipate in a trapped environment and then be reabsorbed as fuel by the FIRE as it spread...holy fecal matter in the frontal lobe area...SMOKE can also be an early warning sign that FIRE is imminent...ever seen someone try to start a FIRE with a bow and drill...if they DON'T see SMOKE...they know they aren't going to have much success starting a FIRE...I have learned alotta bout FIRE here in the past few months...I can start a FIRE in a Force 5 Hurricane...and I carry ALL of the equipment to manufacture FIRE on my person EVERY SINGLE DAY...I can make a fire with a 9 volt battery and an old piece of steel wool...given enough time I could show you how to make a FIRE with a piece of ICE...SMOKE indicates that the process is working as expected and that the potential for FIRE is significantly greater than it was just mere moments ago...once I build a FIRE I am less concerned about the presence of SMOKE...the ONLY time SMOKE matters is when it is in a trapped environment...in which case it is highly toxic and often leads to IMMINENT death...the source of the fuel for the FIRE is what causes SMOKE or the apparent absence of SMOKE...drier and cleaner fuels still release toxic chemicals which form SMOKE...they appear less visible because they dissipate more rapidly than do sources that contain an excess of moisture...that's why you look for deadfall while you are out camping to start and keep a FIRE going...rather than cutting down live saplings or trees which would require an enormous heat source to dry them out and convert them into kindling...I can get a raging fire to burn properly and still produce an abundance of SMOKE...simply by adding some plastic or a tire to the mix...does that mean it isn't a clean FIRE or that it isn't burning properly...NO...it means that plastic and rubber have an adverse reaction when subjected to FIRE...ya ever cook food over an open flame...char a little animal flesh in the FIRE pit...gets a little SMOKY doesn't it...does it ever cause the FIRE to go out??? NOT if you know WTF you're doing...this flaming fart smeller knows more about BLOWING SMOKE than he does about FIRE!!!
