[Stoves] ETHOS Discussion about decentalized stove efforts

[Ronal W. Larson]

Crispin and list:

   I don’t disagree with anything below.

  But I also think the vast majority of charcoal users have never even heard of a char-making stove possibility - where they can make money instead of spending it.

  I am still predicting a major change ahead in charcoal making.  And it won’t hurt the char-makers - as there will be an even bigger market for char to put in the ground.  And there will be a great reduction in the illegal side of char-making, caused by who is paying part of the cost of the char.  And forests will grow back, not decline further.

   My prediction.

Ron


On Jan 14, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ron
>  
> “Why would anyone want to use charcoal now when it costs 3 times as much per GJ”
>  
> That is a question worth asking. The peri-urban users of charcoal might ask similar questions about why we buy smart phones when talking face to face is free.
>  
> People spend their money, usually all of it, for reasons that are deeply cultural. Of all behaviours, changing something related to cooking is the most difficult.
>  
> Regards
> Crispin
>  
>  
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