Paul Oliver commented " The price of bottled gas is a huge problem throughout most of the developing world."
Part of the problem is poor models of distribution. Locally, we are seeing the entry of a supplier who a) has found a way of filling 5kg bottles rapidly at a central plant and b) distributing them directly to the retailer at minimal cost, with a growing chain of retailers chosen so that the householder can resupply within 500m. The net result is a halving of the street price of bottle gas, and it is now the cheapest way to cook. The advantage of filling at a central plant is that safety is greatly enhanced; and the discovery of a way of filling small cylinders rapidly means high throughput and low costs. Most big bottlers of gas don't like the really small cylinders because they couldn't fill them rapidly enough to get throughput - it was cheaper (and far less safe) to refill them at the retailers. Regards to all _______________________________________________ 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
