[Stoves] India LPG stoves approach Fwd: [stove] Giving it up

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Anh

 

In Central Java people ‘too poor’ to use LPG are often seen with a 3 kg cylinder (subsidised) and consume that amount in 3 months. It is used for particular things, mostly making tea and re-heating food at short notice.

 

It is nothing close to being their ‘primary cooking fuel’ but 70% of the population has and uses LPG. About 40% use it ‘primarily’. Of those who do, 70% use wood to heat water, plus the 100% who cook primarily with wood. 

 

Where the mix is strong, there is a clean kitchen and utensils, and a dirty kitchen with its utensils, tending to be outside or near the door.  There is a market opportunity to use a dedicated water heater that is clean enough to be used in the ‘clean’ kitchen.  No offers have been received yet…

 

Crispin

 

 

 

Dear All,

I dont think that would solve anything. There are 2 problems with the poor, access to service and afford service. I dont think a poor family having lpg stoves would meant that they will switch to use lpg for cooking unless lpg is the cheapest or at least highly affordable compare to the income.

Vietnam has very good lpg stoves coverage, ~95% rural family that we talked to has lpg stove using 12kg plg tank. But most of them use that 12kg for 3-6 months, some cases up to 12-18 months while city folks use same tank for 20-30days. 

That a good thing that the Indian PM do but that is not enough to solve the root of the problem, not yet.

Anh

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