[Stoves] Support for Tom's servers

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Tom

>Actually currency burns quite well. I think everyone who has ever made a
briquette has probably made one out of shredded currency. 

Hmm.I know we burn up a lot of money but that would be a new fuel source, in
my neighbourhood.

One of the things that surprised me in Maputo was the regular burning of
money in the ceramic kilns we were renting. Every now and then each major
kiln owner was contacted for a special burn. They arrive in an enormous
truck loaded with money. It is loaded into a brick kiln, typically of an
older type (not a Hoffman) and, surrounded by soldiers, it is set alight.

The remains is a thick, white, powdery ash layer on the bottom of the kiln.
I presume this is kaolin, added to the cloth and paper to give it high
resolution printability. I am not sure about the heat gain from burning
money briquettes. The energy content would probably be in the 12-15 MJ/kg
range, based on the fact it is biomass diluted with clay. 

Another common use is that which, in rural America in the 40's, awaited
newspaper strips and the annual Sear and Roebuck catalogue, back behind the
main house.

Regards

Crispin back in rainy Waterloo

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