Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by bell-cot 852 days ago
Meh. I've seen taller flames from a lone page of crumpled newsprint.

If it's '90's Pyromania Day, then look for the old videos of charcoal BBQ's being fired up with LOX.

1 comments

> Meh. I've seen taller flames from a lone page of crumpled newsprint.

Are you Jason Bourne?

https://youtu.be/4yEFqDqTFPc

Those were magazines, newspaper (especially the stock used back in the day) is far more flammable.
They did test newsprint at one point in the YouTube video, and indeed it was the quickest to ignite.