Burning Snus Tins

[lxskllr]

I'm getting overrun with snus tins, and am going to be burning my paperboard tins. A quick look found about 40 so far, but I know there's more. I'm keeping at least one example of each, including variations for historic interest, but I'm using the rest to start fires. I'll at least get some free energy out of it. Also, I think I'm gonna recycle my Pioneer tins. I'll keep one, but they suck so much, they aren't useful for much of anything.

[Roo]

All mine get recycled. I have 1 Lucky Strike tin in the garage that I keep screws in, but I think that's it. Film and post it -- the burn pile I mean.

[EricHill78]

[lxskllr]

I'm just doing a little bit at a time in my stove in the house. Maybe 5 tins or so to help get the fire started. Free heat! I haven't turned my central heat on yet. I want to see how long I can hold out. The house was 48F when I woke up this morning :^D

I don't have much wood this year, so it'll have to go on eventually. I've been hunting around the house for burnables(low-non toxic) I can get rid of. Trying to reduce some clutter, and get benefit out of it at the same time :^)

[precious007]

I'm just doing a little bit at a time in my stove in the house. Maybe 5 tins or so to help get the fire started. Free heat! I haven't turned my central heat on yet. I want to see how long I can hold out. The house was 48F when I woke up this morning :^D

I don't have much wood this year, so it'll have to go on eventually. I've been hunting around the house for burnables(low-non toxic) I can get rid of. Trying to reduce some clutter, and get benefit out of it at the same time :^)

48F isn't that a bit too cold? :^)

[lxskllr]

48F isn't that a bit too cold? :^)

Yea, that's a little chilly. When I run the central heat, I keep it set to 56F. If energy were free, 60F would be ideal. I like it on the cool side.

[precious007]

Yea, that's a little chilly. When I run the central heat, I keep it set to 56F. If energy were free, 60F would be ideal. I like it on the cool side.

I like it on the cool side too, most of the summers here are damn hot over 40 celcius and I started to hate'em. Would move somewhere else for this particular reason.

18 degrees Celsius is my ideal temperature.

Maybe you could go on natural GAS heating it's a whole lot cheaper than wood/electricity.

[lxskllr]

My heat is natural gas. Wood is free for me. What I get is mostly from my yard, and if I did some scavenging, I could heat 100% with wood, at zero cost to myself excepting the gasoline to retrieve it.

It isn't all about the money, at least not directly. I figure every penny I save from something that doesn't matter so much is money I can use for things that do matter to me. I haven't bought new clothes in years, and when I need something, I check the used channels first. My bags for storing food are old cereal bags, and I try to fix things that break instead of just tossing it and buying something new. Every little bit helps. It's easier on the planet, and it frees up money I can use for snus, or whatever. I also like taking a direct part in my own survival. Things aren't as abstracted when you pay attention, and try to make the most of what you have. It's a creative outlet, albeit in an unconventional way :^)

[precious007]

My heat is natural gas. Wood is free for me. What I get is mostly from my yard, and if I did some scavenging, I could heat 100% with wood, at zero cost to myself excepting the gasoline to retrieve it.

It isn't all about the money, at least not directly. I figure every penny I save from something that doesn't matter so much is money I can use for things that do matter to me. I haven't bought new clothes in years, and when I need something, I check the used channels first. My bags for storing food are old cereal bags, and I try to fix things that break instead of just tossing it and buying something new. Every little bit helps. It's easier on the planet, and it frees up money I can use for snus, or whatever. I also like taking a direct part in my own survival. Things aren't as abstracted when you pay attention, and try to make the most of what you have. It's a creative outlet, albeit in an unconventional way :^)

Well said Lx,

This is an interesting topic to discuss, I found some channels on youtube by people that are actually living a frugal life in green houses, how much they save and how their life is and so on.

I've been closely paying attention, and I do believe that to a certain extent we all should start saving more and avoiding wasting money on things we don't need. I am almost broke right now and yes I have wasted a fortune in the last four years, and it doesn't feel good to be broke and knowing how much I've spent all these last years.

~ I have spend more than $10,000 on gadgets/laptops/mobile phones in 4 years
~ I have $10,000 worth of clothing that I don't have the time to wear, I mean it's too much I don't need it, lewl.
~ and I've probably wasted over $20,000 on night out's and having fun.
~ I've wasted about $4000 more on cigarettes.

If I would have spared all that money that I did spend on completely useless stuff I didn't necessarily need, I would have been so much better off right now, a lesson learned. (still young)

Speaking of heating, this year in Romania the prices have doubled for the global heating system that is also based on natural gas (most cites have a large healting facility that heats up 90% of the houses and apartments)

For a 3 bedroom apartment we pay $300 / month for the heating alone.

How much is it in the U.S. per month?

[lxskllr]

Prices are highly variable in the US depending on location, and what you use. I don't think we have much in the way of municipal heating, but I could be wrong. They used to do that in the cities, but I don't know how common that is anymore. My monthly energy bill year round is about $200. That's on the low side due to my frugal use of energy, but That'll give you an idea. If I had to pull a number from my ass, I'd say most people pay $300-$400 on average. Maybe some others could chime in with what they're paying.

[Old Frothingslosh]

I have six acres of woods. I cut, split, stack, and burn wood as a primary fuel. We don't have natural gas available, so I use fuel oil, but not much of it. I have a 500-gallon tank and it's half full. I last filled it three years ago. My neighbor just told me fuel oil is $3.19 per gallon right now. You get exercise cutting wood. And, as they say, the wood warms you twice. Once when you're cutting it and once when you burn it.

[WickedKitchen]

I just filled the oil tank at my house. 3/4 of it was almost $700. I think that will last two months or maybe more. When I woke up this morning it was 9 degrees. The last few winters were pretty cold and I was going through 2 tanks worth. It wasn't as expensive last year i don't think. I've got a cord and a half of wood though but not an efficient way to burn it for heat. When we put a fire on we usually turn the furnace off 'till the next day. It sucks waking up at 3:30AM to take a shower and it being 50 in the house. I got forced air though so it heats up the bathroom fast and the best part...I have the vent right near the throne. It's toasty warm. heh.

[chadizzy1]

We have a unified service here in my town.

Last month I paid 222$ for cable, Internet, DVR, water, electricity and trash pickup & sewage. It's one company and one bill. Very convenient.

[WolfenJack]

[QUOTE=lxskllr;452760]I'm just doing a little bit at a time in my stove in the house. Maybe 5 tins or so to help get the fire started.

Wow can you imagine how exciting that video would be?

[Roo]

My heat is all electric, and my energy bill is $85-$200/month depending on time of year. 200 is extreme, it's normally closer to $100. Seems like some of you are paying a lot, except for Chad. 200 for all utilities plus cable and Internet is ridiculous. It also doesn't get very cold or hot here, so that helps. Cost of living is so damn high though...