[pct-l] Confessions of an alcohol burner

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Goforth, I hope you didn't catch too much flack for pointing out that any 
stoves can be dangerous when people don't pay attention to business.  Thanks for 
the heads-up!    

Any fuel that is contained under pressure can be explosive.  On that basis, 
gas and canister stoves would be more hazardous than alcohol stoves.  Some of 
these have a warning against being used with a windscreen.  

A Trangia-type alcohol stove (soda can, photon, etc.) may not be quite as 
safe as a flow-through stove like the CatStove.  Any of these, though, are great 
scout projects and a lot safer than a gas stove in the hands of kids.  

The solid-fuel stoves like the Esbit are probably the safest of all, unless 
you choose to eat cold.              
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> I have always considered the alcohol stove design to be the safest and the
> fuel to be the least difficult to carry, use and handle.  I thought that
> alcohol was a non explosive fuel.
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