[Stoves] Cost of stoves

[Inversiones Falcon]

how long this stove will last, I can make one for that price but...will this last?
at the end will more expensive to replace this stove, plus shipment, training, etc. why don´t make a smart investmen once and for all.

 

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 From: Dean Still <deankstill at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Cost of stoves
  

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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