[Stoves] 5 USD per this armful sized bundle of fuelwood of softpine fuelwood

[Anand Karve]

Dear Ken,
diesel costs in India about 1 US$ per litre. About half of the price goes
into the koffers of the Government as tax.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Ken Boak <ken.boak at gmail.com> wrote:

> A bulk bag  (about 1 cubic yard) of firewood is currently $250 in
> Berkeley, California, and $8 per armful.
>
> But Berkeley tends to be very overpriced - to suit the odd mix of
> academics, and former -hippies that frequent the city.
>
> In the UK (Surrey)  a similar bulk bag is between $80 and $115.
>
> Gasoline is $4.59 this week in Berkeley, and $9.20 a US gallon back in the
> UK.
>
>
> If anyone knows the price of (agricultural) diesel in rural India or
> Eastern Arica - I would be interested - and how the cost per US gallon
> relates to the average small farmers income
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Ken in overpriced California
>
>
>
> On 15 March 2012 14:02, George Riegg Gambia <icecool at qanet.gm> wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>>
>> I swap you some of our firewood at 10 cents a kilo retail for some of
>> what you consider is very costly petrol (ours is now at US$ 6.50/gallon)
>>
>> George from the jungle
>>
>>
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>> To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.*
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>> Subject: Re: [Stoves] 5 USD per this armful sized bundle of fuelwood of
>> softpine fuelwood
>>
>>
>>
>> Firewood imported from other regions (worse, from overseas) can also
>>> transport unwelcome travelers.  The same goes for wood chips.  It has been
>>> a poorly regulated sector, regarding non-native pests and disease.
>>> Hopefully it has tightened up in the last few years.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:23:40 -0600, Richard Stanley <
>>> rstanley at legacyfound.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kevin,
>>>> Good point. I expect about 3 kgs (dry medium to low density pine). Its
>>>> from home town of Ashland / Southern Oregon ---but still part of the great
>>>> Pacific Northwest.
>>>> Richard Stanley
>>>> =============
>>>> On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Kevin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OFF LIST
>>>>
>>>> Dear Richard
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't say where, or how much. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stanley" <
>>>> rstanley at legacyfound.org>
>>>> To: "Discussion cooking stoves of biomass" <
>>>> stoves at lists.bioenergylists.**org <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:32 PM
>>>> Subject: [Stoves] 5 USD per this armful sized bundle of fuelwood of
>>>> softpine fuelwood
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heres what we pay for fuelwood in these armful sized bundles of soft
>>>> pine: Outrageous eh !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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