[Stoves] Skoll article on HAP research

[rongretlarson at comcast.net]

Crispin etal 

1. This is to suggest that all kerosene lanterns (good or bad) should be phased out for economic reasons. This article says a 90% savings using a $10 solar unit: 
http :// www . renewindians .com/2012/08/olafur-eliasson-introduces-10-solar. html 

2. This one is similar: 
http :// blogs . worldwatch .org/revolt/a-look-into-the-kerosene-crisis- worldwatch -seeks-to-contribute-to-health-and-energy-access-in-eastern-africa/ 

3. I am associated with this one in Namibia 
http://www.elephantenergy.org/ 

4. with PV power, you can also charge cell phones. Let's stamp out kerosene lanterns! 

Ron 
----- Original Message -----
From: " Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" < crispinpigott @ gmail .com> 
To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at lists. bioenergylists .org> 
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:07:23 PM 
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Skoll article on HAP research 




Dear Christina 



Thanks for the pointer. 



For the benefit of readers I would like to raise one point about the emissions and the fuel. 



“ Getting Good Data Could be Easy 

“If solid fuel cook stoves and kerosene lanterns are used in the same households, then getting the answers we need may be straightforward and low cost. While in the field, mothers being surveyed about their use of solid fuel cook stoves could also be asked a few questions about their use of kerosene for lighting. Some additional field observations could be recorded. Existing resources allocated to studies planned for cook stoves research could be very easily leveraged to quickly and inexpensively begin to build a body of knowledge about the effects of kerosene lighting.” 

The article also says that “ A recent Environmental Science and Technology article reports that as much as 10% of kerosene smoke is pure black carbon (soot) – 20 times higher than previous studies had found.” 



The black carbon content of kerosene smoke is highly variable. It depends on what lantern is used and the power setting. The article speaks as if the emissions are created by the fuel and that worries me. This is an old fashioned view. It is like saying that ‘wood is a smoky fuel’. It depends on the stove that is burning the wood, and how, doesn ’t it? There is no doubt that one lantern may create 20 times as much black carbon particles as another lantern, but this tells us nothing about the fuel, it tells us about the lanterns. 



One alternative to a smoky kerosene lantern is a clean burning kerosene lantern. 



Regards 

Crispin 











From: Stoves [ mailto :stoves-bounces at lists. bioenergylists .org] On Behalf Of Christina Espinosa 
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:50 PM 
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves 
Subject: [Stoves] Skoll article on HAP research 



Here is an article about stoves and kerosene you all might find of interest: 





https :// skollworldforum .org/2013/02/27/where-theres-smoke-theres-fire-a-call-to-action-for-better-indoor-air-pollution-research/ 
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