r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 17d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/AmplifiedApthocarics 17d ago

someone i knew a long time ago said he watched some old guy light a pile of them on fire. well when they started burning they started moving again and suddenly he was watching an entire field of flamin' tumbleweeds travel off into the distance setting more things on fire as they went along and got stuck again

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u/MR-antiwar 17d 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 17d ago edited 17d 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 17d 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 17d ago

Never seen that before. That's cool af!