C'mon baby light my fire

[bigpaul]

the ability to start a fire without a lighter or a match has long been overlooked even in more natural societies, I remember a Ray Mears episode on TV where he was in Polynesia and they had lost the ability to start fires and he was showing them how to use a bow drill to get a spark, if they have lost the ability what chance has modern western civilisation? 95% of the population would be dead in short order without it, but do they give it a second thought? no they do not, because we live in a "it'll never happen" society.

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most if not all new houses are without fireplaces or chimneys and the vast majority is all electric, even if they have gas...central heating for instance, the controls are still electric so power down or power cut no gas!!!