[Stoves] Making Attractive Stoves

hassan rajabu hmrajabu at gmail.com
Sun May 12 02:51:53 CDT 2013


Dear Erin
Attractiveness of stove is cultural specific.
When visiting  Maasai homes prior to the tests last year, Bob (of Maasai
stove) and I were delighted to see most women have decorated and cover the
metal parts of stove with mud. (see photos)
The mud-covered stove blends well with the walls and floor (which are also
mud plastered), and although their purpose is to decorate, but it makes the
stove safe (cool)  to the touch and children can seat nearby and probably
more efficient (insulation)
Rajabu




On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Erin Rasmussen <erin at trmiles.com> wrote:

> Hi Christa,  ****
>
> ** **
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> We were talking at ETHOS about characteristics that make an improved
> stove, a sexy, aspirational stove, a stove that women actually want, and
> use and cherish, and beg to spend scarce resources to pay for.  And I
> remember promising to ask you for a list of things that we should be
> thinking about when we make good stoves.   So now it's several months later
> and I'm finally getting around to asking your for that list.  :-) Is it in
> your presentation?  I'd love to figure out some way to sort those qualities
> into my newer more improved way of presenting stoves.****
>
> ** **
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> And question your colleague did that excellent graph of clean fuels with
> renewable energies (including wood) listed as superior to natural gas.  Is
> that in the Energypedia?  I have looked for it, but I have not found it. *
> ***
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> ** **
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> Many thanks,****
>
> Erin R. ****
>
> erin at trmiles.com ****
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-- 
H. Rajabu
Department of Energy Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
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