Is a lighter effective because it’s on fire? Or just because it’s hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

  • perviouslyiner@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The flints you get for “primitive technology” camping are great for lighting gas flames - just scrape them to make a load of sparks