[Stoves] Attempt to decipher political narrative of Clinton announcement

[Nick Bruns]

Hello all!

I am having a great difficulty trying to get a handle the political
narrative of this news.  Nearly all of the pieces I've seen have been either
basics on why stoves, or inflammatory blogs about spending and what not.

Where is this money coming from? What process did it take to bring about
this pledge? Who were the supporters, and who the major opponents?  Any
surprises on either side?  What types of obstacles had to be overcome, and
how exactly did that happen?
How is the resulting outcome?
Also, are there any good summaries, other then the brief mention in
Clinton's speech itself, on what exactly this scheme will look like?

Thank you,
Nick Bruns


2010/9/23 Lloyd Helferty <lhelferty at sympatico.ca>

>  Richard,
>
>   Well, now we are actively seeking out avenues of funding for these types
> of projects.
> Our partner in Germany, who also works with a foundation, is ready to
> undertake a stove project in Lesotho, but the hurdle is, as always, the same
> problem that always seems to crop up, which is: guess what?
> : Financing. :
>   The announcement by Clinton about the "Global Alliance" was exciting to
> learn and we have contacted them (no reply yet). Our aim is to demonstrate
> that by integrating Biochar-to-soils into the "Clean Cookstoves" paradigm
> that we can achieve an ROI that is "greater than the sum of the parts".
> I.e. in terms of *total "biomass (i.e. carbon) savings"* -- we are looking
> at it from the perspective of not only "*fuel use*" but also "*fuel
> re-growth*". Let's say that even if a gasifier (i.e. "biochar-producing")
> stove does require 20% more fuel, if it produces a Biochar product that, if
> integrated into a composting and bio-waste recycling system, ultimately
> produces 30% more biomass from the surrounding environment because of the
> regeneration of soils and improved agriculture and forest regeneration, then
> this stove type [biochar-producing gasifier]* can be justified*.
>   This is 'big picture' thinking that we are trying to apply, but we do
> want to prove that it will work (or not) in a real-world setting.
>
>  Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
>
>   Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
>   www.biochar-consulting.ca
>   603-48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
>   905-707-8754; 647-886-8754 (cell)
>      Skype: lloyd.helferty
>   Steering Committee member, Canadian Biochar Initiative
>   President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
>     Advisory Committee Member, IBI
>   http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717
>   http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675
>   http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario
>   http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/
>   http://grassrootsintelligence.blogspot.com
>    www.biochar.ca
>
> Biochar Offsets Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475
>
>
> On 9/23/2010 10:48 AM, Richard Stanley wrote:
>
> Lloyd & Crispin,
>
>  Thanks for the contacts...
>
>  Will look into them.
>
>  Lloyd, we have never funded such parties, unless by funded you mean
> offered ideas or consulted with but that was as mutual an exchange as is
> experienced on this list serve..
>
>  Aluta continua,
> Richard
>
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