Jean, Perhaps they could get a donor to import pellets like they attempted in Haiti eh ? Less facetiously, do you mean to say that there is no agricultural residues: leaves, stalks, grasses, straws, fronds fens water based weeds etc, chaff husks etc. available ? As well are you saying that there are no bio-wastes from commercial processing of biomass: viz., sawdust, paper, cartonboard. If that is so, then you must be descibing a refugee situation because there could be little chance of sustained habitation otherwise. The needs of one human being in the tropica and at up to say 1500 meters can easily be met by 300 grams of such wastes or combinations of same.. 300 grams is abou one armful of loosely gathered collection of such material at ambient moisture content. Out theirya Applciations manual lays out a series of sustainable offtakes ( after soild amendment, tilth and even animal feed requirements are taken into consideration ---according to various land forms and land use patterns, from rural farmland, forest land, dry savannah, to even the urban setting... I would kindly ask where you are intending to set up the briquetting activity..Perhaps we or the hundreds we know of may know of someone who is already there producing briquettes who can train and equip your group. They ill also be best able to tell you whether or not it is feasible, with what resources..
Kind regards, Richard Stanley www.legacyfound.org NW Obamaland On Jan 6, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Jean Kim Chaix wrote: > Hi, stovers. > Question: a community in Africa, where woodfuel is in short supply, is > considering starting a briquette program. (The area does have access to ag > waste for briquette-making.) If cost is not an issue, should the community > invest in briquette making technology or try distributing high efficiency > cookstoves? Or both? > Thanks in advance. > > -- > J. Kim Chaix > CEO & Founder > > Green Spaces NYC > 394 Broadway, 5th fl. > New York, NY 10013 > USA > (+1) 917.378.8670 > http://charcoalproject.org > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > Stoves mailing list > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > [email protected] > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org
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