Dear Crispin Thanks very much for your additional "real world data." At a price for charcoal of $250 to $350 per tonne, as fuel, the Carbon Credit in the order of $5 to $15 per tonne CO2 = $18 to $55 per tonne C avoided, is unlikely to induce people to use the charcoal as biochar, rather than selling it as fuel.
Best wishes, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: Crispin Pemberton-Pigott To: Stoves Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Stoves] New paper on atmospheric Black Carbon Dear Kevin’n’All A short message from Cecil about the price of charcoal in Indonesia and Cambodia (very low income countries). This does not help tilt the equation towards doings something other than selling it as fuel (if it will burn). I hold out hope however that water purification with small amounts of char from stoves will produce a health benefit that is appreciated by rural and urban families alike. Not much is needed and filtering is cheaper than boiling (if it can be shown to work just as well). Regards Crispin Firewood sells in the villages of Yagyakarta Province for 400 R per kg. In town it sells for about 1000 per kg. Charcoal sells for about 2,500 R per kg or +/- 25 cents up to 2,500,000 R/ 10 000 R per $ = $250 per ton In Battambang [Cambodia] charcoal sells for 800 to 1200 Riels per kg - say 1000 Riels which comes to +/- 25 cents per kg or $250 per ton. In Phnom Penh charcoal sells for up to 1,400 Riels per kg in 1 kg bags or 1,400,000 Reils per ton / 4,000 Reils per $ = $350. [Cecil] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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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