The Biolite is interesting, but the camp version looks as if it's too much of a compromise as a charger and a stove. Having to lift the pan off to put more wood in will greatly slow down the cooking and it seems that the charger won't exactly juice up your phone quickly. I suppose you could feed it wood for a few hours. If you are going to be away from a socket or other fuel supplies it looks interesting, but you can make a passable wood stove with some twigs and a few rocks, and for around 8 oz you can get an external battery that will recharge an iPhone 5 or 6 times.
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Western Flyer
In my travels in Canada I found a little black plastic bottle Canadian version of Yellow Heet was sold everywhere. I bought a bottle at a rural post office in eastern BC.
Isopronanol (rubbing alcohol) is easy to find in stores, but it's not a great fuel, still in a pinch. Denatured alcohol can be bought at pharmacies, camping stores and home stores and Heet at any service station. It's far more available than butane canisters, but not as available as wood.