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minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·16 days agoElectric insulation: yes. Thermal insulation: no. Absurdity insulation: no.
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·16 days agoThermal insulation: yes There’s uncharred wood less than an inch from glowing embers. That temperature differential is kinda insane. Wood is a great thermal insulator. It just happens to also be a fuel.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-216 days agoMy forestry prof showed us pics where a steel I-beam had melted (bowed down), yet charred lumber was still structurally sound. Made me a believer. He was the same man who introduced the idea of “dead air space” as insulation to me. Yeah, that was a life changer. I understand so much more now.
Electric insulation: yes.
Thermal insulation: no.
Absurdity insulation: no.
Thermal insulation: yes
There’s uncharred wood less than an inch from glowing embers. That temperature differential is kinda insane. Wood is a great thermal insulator. It just happens to also be a fuel.
My forestry prof showed us pics where a steel I-beam had melted (bowed down), yet charred lumber was still structurally sound. Made me a believer.
He was the same man who introduced the idea of “dead air space” as insulation to me. Yeah, that was a life changer. I understand so much more now.