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?

  • DebatableRaccoon
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    11 months ago

    It’s the heat and no, cars don’t come with lighters anymore. The power sockets are still there but they even come with warning labels to not try use a lighter in them. No idea what happens if you try.

    • wiccan2@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      My car seems to be from the transition period, it has a lighter but no ash trays in the front, only in the back.

      I guess it’s fine for the kids to smoke while watching the in built DVD players but not the driver and front passenger /s

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        11 months ago

        There may have been an accessory package available that gave you a cup-shaped ashtray to put in the cupholder