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[Richard Stanley]

Dave Otto, 
One other idea: (save the charcoal dust form the previous fire COMBINE it with the next ago residue street trash blend of briquette(up to 40% by dry weight comparison) and you get a  briquette that performs much like charcoal. And that briquette creates useful char dust crumbs as well so on it goes…I could show you don of examples but here is one from Guatemala. in the lower right foreground, held in the left hand roughly 40% chard coal dust crumbs added to the above and background garden variety of agroresidue-blended briquettes. 
luego, 
Richard/ Nicaragua
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On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:05 PM, David G. LeVine wrote:

On 02/13/2014 03:32 AM, Otto Formo wrote:
> I am still getting surprised of the narrow sighted focus on char or charcoal as fuel and fuel only.
> 
> The deforestation of Haiti is very much related to charcoal production.
> 
> I  am going to sign up and LISTEN.
> 
> Otto

Consider that some of Haiti's problems are related to overpopulation, charcoal production and efficiency.  If the stoves were really efficient, the demand for charcoal as fuel would be reduced, if the demand for fuel were reduced, deforestation would be reduced, if the population were reduced, the demand for fuel would be reduced.

Briquettes would also help, since there is plenty of trash on the streets and use of briquettes would reduce demand for other fuels.

Of course, corrupt and inept officials can influence things by limiting imports of fuel, but that is hardly limited to Haiti.

Any other ideas?

Dave  8{)
-- 

"A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

Bill Cosby

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