Stove Fuel

[Timelord]

Last night I was reading a forum for Amateur Near Earth Space craft Enthusiasts. To my surprise that was! Came across it while looking up some 2m Ham Walkietalki mods. Anyway, when reading further on their spec for building kit that will work in the v.cold space of --- well space, there was a section that reminded me of when I once lived in a caravan for a few years. The stove ran on gas. Butane gas. I was informed at the time that seeing as I would be living in the van through a British winter, then the butane would freeze at approx zero degrees and it would be impossible to light. Therefore I changed to propane and used it from then on. The space tecchy website also warned against using a conventional burner at these low temps because most of the gas canisters available in camping shops were butane.

I realise now that this could have a bearing on preppers who pack gas stoves, like Scythe used in his challenge in the woods. I hadn't thought about it before in the prepper sense because I use a meths burner and it is not affected.