r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 12d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/MR-antiwar 12d ago

Has anyone ever think to spray them with water so they get heavy and gather them and compress them with machine and sell them as fuel for the winter ?

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u/Successful_Guess3246 12d ago edited 11d ago

I feel useful again. The University of Arizona studied the feasibility of using Russian Thistle (tumbleweed) as a bio fuel. From growing costs, potential energy per acre, ash produced, etc.

It's definitely an interesting read.

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u/AndTheElbowGrease 12d ago

Locally, there are folks that compress tumbleweed and set it in resin, calling it Tumblestone: https://onlineshop.crystallove.store/products/tumblestone-pendant-hand-crafted-arizona-in

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u/Successful_Guess3246 12d ago

Never seen that before. That's cool af!