[Stoves] Cost of stoves

Dean Still deankstill at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 16:13:44 CST 2012


Hi All,

Columbia University reported at the Forum in Uganda that, in
the Millennium Villages in East Africa, a majority of cooks would buy a
well made, high performance cook stove if it cost $10. So I'm thinking $10
retail when designing stoves these days.

Best,

Dean

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:28 AM, David G. LeVine <dlevine at speakeasy.net>wrote:

>  On 11/09/2012 08:52 AM, Paul Anderson wrote:
>
> Dear David and Crispin,
>
> And where the wages are less than $100 per month (and some of that money
> is for a reasonable meal during the work day), the labor component is
> almost negligible compared to the costs of new (not scrap) sheet metal.
>
> When the stove is ceramic/fired clay, the clay can be cheap but there are
> the costs of firing it and then transporting it.   So the labor still adds
> only a relatively low amount to the stove.
>
> Can these low-income workers (yes, they have a job and they are better off
> than those without any work) afford a $25 stove?   That would be a week of
> wages.
>
> Would any of us who live in the affluent societies pay one week of wages
> for a stove?   That might depend on your income!!!    And we have
> discretionary money far above the money needed for food and lodging.
>
> Paul
>
>
> In the USA, many stoves cost between $400 and $2,000 (US dollars), and the
> mean seems to be about $1,000.  That implies $1,500 in income before
> taxes.  Which implies an average income of $78,000 annually or $6,500 per
> month if a stove is one week's income.  While I feel this is high, it is
> pretty close, 1 week's income for a stove is not unbelievable.
>
> Yes, those of us who live in an affluent society DO pay 1 week's income
> for a stove, and then pay a fraction of that every month for fuel or energy
> to run it.
>
> Dave  8{)
>
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