It’s summertime and people are out camping, barbecuing, and using FIRE! But what’s a better fuel to use for your summer activities? Wood or charcoal? There are pros and cons to both fuels, so check out this episode of SciShow to decide for yourself!

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Sources:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire1.htm
http://www.planete-energies.com/en/medias/close/wood-source-thermal-energy
http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/technical_reviews/chemical%20overview%20of%20wood.pdf
https://web.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/32_2_DENVER_04-87_0036.pdf
http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/innofirewood/stateoftheart/database/burning/burning.html
http://www.heartheat.com/flameworksOLD/index_WoodComb.htm
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001623610600490X
http://www.fao.org/docrep/s4550e/s4550e09.htm
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/forests/2012/Amazon/423-Driving-Destruction-in-the-Amazon.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5134e.pdf

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Images:
Charcoal: https://www.flickr.com/photos/toasty/2643569674
Firewood: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_of_firewood.jpg
Glucose: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D-glucose-chain-3D-balls.png
Cellulose: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cellulose-Ibeta-from-xtal-2002-3D-balls.png
Deforestation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deforestation_2074483b.jpg

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