Some alcohol stove makers suggest to use an aluminum foil heat reflector under their stove (Ion and WBS come to mind) to reflect heat back into the stove to increase heat retention for the stove to operate properly in cold weather.
My recent thoughts go like this:
A sheet of aluminum under the stove would be as a "heat sink" and take heat away from the stove. it would be just like a cooling fin on a motor or heat sink on a computer.
I would think a nonconducting product should be used such as a sheet of cork.
What are your thoughts on this?
