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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 14:46:19 JST 翠星石

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   • (NekoSock) Miya Ironami
   @iro_miya Butane lighters are a pain to light, moreso if you've recently cut your fingernails due to the amount of force required and with electric lighters I believe you just need to press a button.
   
   Flint and steel seems better for the environment and those will light gas stoves and campfires just fine, although lighting candles will be difficult.
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     (NekoSock) Miya Ironami (iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2024 14:46:20 JST (NekoSock) Miya Ironami

     What's the appeal of electric lighters, compared to refillable butane lighters? That's what I'm wondering at 2 AM.
     
     Convenience? I think butane lasts longer than the battery of an electric lighter, but I don't know, I never tried. Still, is charging that much more convenient than filling a butane tank?
     
     Is it better for the environment? I don't think so. The carbon footprint from lighting up that tiny amount of butane has to be insignificant. On the other hand, electric lighters contain a battery and electronics which has a pretty bad environmental impact in itself. I'm also not convinced that they'd be particularly energy efficient.
     
     That leaves us with the fact that electric lighters work well in the wind, I guess.