"Robert L. Bass" wrote: [snip]
> while someone else harvested another tree. You could
>> have a roaring fire, and not feel the heat ten feet away.
>> It only took about ten minutes for a roaring fire to burn
>> itself out, so you had to feed it a lot of wood to keep
>> warm.
>
>Hmm. Why would fire consume fuel faster at a lower ambient temperature?
At a guess: denser air is better for combustion and a greater temperature differential with the hot gasses from the fire will give more of a chimney effect, giving more airflow.
Tim