Was thinking “Hmm… Don’t enjoy the prospect of not having heat when there’s no power and it’s the middle of winter” so when I noticed the local dollar store still had some of those charcoal briquette bags in stock I bought one. Energy crisis and all that.

Except apparently these things produce carbon monoxide when burning as noted by the warning on the bag. Oops.

I do a lot of stupid stuff, but some stuff I don’t even entertain fucking with. (Eg: Microwave oven transformers, DIY pharmaceuticals, etc.)

Also they don’t even burn very long! Not even sure if I could boil some water with these.

At the very least I’d still have some ability to cook/heat food.