[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 27, Issue 20

[David G. LeVine]

On 11/11/2012 02:16 AM, Philip Lloyd wrote:
> They were not interested in cheap cookstoves!  The $500+ stove had come to
> represent social status, as well as meeting a wide variety of household
> needs, cooking, water heating, garbage disposal, space heating, and a social
> focus to the home that even neighbours could come and share.  There was a
> flourishing trade in second-hand stoves and in spare parts, particularly
> grates and chimney pieces. Some people had small businesses baking bread for
> stoveless neighbours, or making jam, or even running play schools on really
> cold winter days when other homes were really too cold for infants.

I think this points out that there are really two classes of stoves:  
One with a price of about an hour's labor, one at around $500.00.

A lot of attention goes to the cheap stoves since they are affordable to 
everyone.  Less is going to the expensive ones.

It appears that an efficient, attractive stove made available with 
microfinancing, it does well, and a cheap stove could be sold "using the 
same technology."

While the coal merchants will not be pleased with lower coal usage, 
stove purchasers will be.  The expensive stove can also pay for tooling 
to make cheaper stoves.

Dave  8{)

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