Dear Paal,
I was glad to see your message about local production. In the Maasai Stoves and Solar Project, we have an efficient stove with chimney to save wood, lessen wood gathering labor, and to get the smoke out of the unventilated homes of the people. Our stove is made of brick, mortar, and formed steel parts. We have no problem finding excellent local skilled labor to manufacture the steel parts of the stove, and to fire bricks from local clay sources. Imported metal bending and cutting machines can be purchased in Dar es Salaam and we have a factory near Arusha which we hope will soon be enlarged. Village women's teams do the brick work and install the stoves. Stimulating the local economy, creating jobs, and sharing skills can be an integral part of an improved cookstove effort. We don't consider it optional. Robert Lange -----Original Message----- From: Paal Wendelbo <[email protected]> To: LCordes <[email protected]> Cc: list Stove <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 2:05 am Subject: [Stoves] GACC in Cambodia Dear Leslie. Taken into consideration the increasing unemployment in developing countries; centralized or local production of stoves and fuel should be on the agenda for the GACC Forum in Cambodia. Stoves and fuel has always been a part of the local market and has to continue to be that to avoid loss of income generating activities. Today about 15% of the population in developing countries are involved in the charcoal business; and with the high demand of clean burning stoves, the fuel-policy will go more in direction of pellets from waste biomass as fuel, which will again demand more advanced types of stoves. My experience is that local tinsmiths only need some guide-lines and templates for production of good stoves; they mostly have the tools and the skills. The end-user and a NGO can take the control. All type combustible waste from human activities, are possible to turn into pellets for household energy. Again that will create jobs and utilization of local resources. Centralization and mass-production will obviously give cheaper stoves but more expensive fuel, but by creating jobs the cooks will buy the best stove, which utilize the cheapest fuel. Best regards Paal Wendelbo. [email protected] _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] 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/
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