[Stoves] Stove testing -

[Nikhil Desai]

Paul:

Will require LOTs of assistance.

By way of reference, the current year estimate of India's expenditure on
its various LPG programs is about $4 billion.

Some years ago, when these costs were carried entirely on the books of the
public sector oil marketing companies, they were about $8-10 billion a
year. While the customer base was smaller, the prices paid to upstream oil
companies - including public sector ones - were high, in keeping with the
world oil prices.

India's LPG cost burden on the government and public sector companies is
difficult to estimate, but I reckon in the 50-odd years to date it's been
about $100+ billion in total.

Prof. Kirk Smith is elated at such new investment in public health by
expanding LPG access to the lower-income customers, even as direct public
health expenditures on medical services far lag behind the need for these
groups. (I am preparing a critical review of Prof. Smith's latest
celebration of Prime Minister Modi and will be happy to share it when
done.)


Nikhil





On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Stovers,
>
> Nikhil writes:
> . The real task is to see whether a "truly health protective" biomass
> stove can be marketed at scale in the next five years.
>
> Working on it.   The TYPE of stoves is the micro-gasifiers.  And the best
> of those (based on my experiences) are the true TLUD stoves  (with char
> making) that have fans.   Working on it.   Will be announcing before or at
> the GACC Forum in 3 weeks.
>
> CURRENTLY and on-going, the TLUD-ND (natural draft) gasifier stoves are
> having great acceptance in the expanding efforts in West Bengal (will be
> reported at GACC Forum).   Financial solutions are shown in the Deganga
> case study.
>
> Yes, "can be marketed at scale in the next five years."   But that will
> require SOME sort of assistance (currently negligible).
>
> Working on it.
>
> Paul
>
> Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
> Skype:   paultlud    Phone: +1-309-452-7072 <(309)%20452-7072>
> Website:  www.drtlud.com
>
>
>
>
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