Lovely Video clip! Sorry for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you researched - Proutklarton Incredible Match Plan (Sure I saw it on Google)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for getting an understanding of how to survive in a disaster and make your own survival food without the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate finally got astronomical success with it.
wow! i have been using pinecones as fire starters for over 50 years and we just picked them up off the ground;-) but i guess people can over think/complicate anything if they decide to.
You really don't need to go to all this effort. You can just collect pine cones and dry them thoroughly in a pile near your stove. They will catch light quite easily and set light to kindling placed above.
