[Stoves] About LPG and India. Re: [stove] Ujjwala explained

[Paul Anderson]

Dear A.D.

You wrote:
> Cleanly burning biomass stoves are available in India, 
Please name them.   Any additional info about each one would be useful, 
but we can seek that info later.

Paul

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On 10/3/2017 12:37 AM, Anand Karve wrote:
> Dear stovers,
> LPG in cylinders is a commodity that can easily be converted into 
> money. Those who get subsidized or free LPG in cylinders often sell 
> the cylinders to users who have to pay the full price. Biomass is 
> actually cheaper than LPG. It takes about 3 kg wood to get the same 
> energy as a kg of LPG. Whereas 3kg wood costs about Rs.20 (US cents 
> 30), non-subsidized LPG costs Rs.90 (US$1.4) per kg. Cleanly burning 
> biomass stoves are available in India, but since the petroleum 
> companies in India are owned by the Government of India, the 
> government is just not interested in promoting stoves using biomass.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
>
> ***
> Dr. A.D. Karve
>
> Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com 
> <http://www.samuchit.com>)
>
> Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu 
> <mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Stovers,
>
>     Kirk Smith has shared his latest book-chapter.   Links to it are
>     below.
>
>     I make several comments, mostly with my focus on "solid biomass
>     fuel stoves":
>
>     1.  The content about LPG fuel and stoves in India is quite
>     worthwhile.  The chapter is based on 8 solid peer-reviewed
>     writings that are listed in the Endnotes (all written by Smith,
>     often with co-authors.)   For that reason, much of what is in the
>     book chapter is very similar to prevous writings.  So this chapter
>     brings numerous segments together nicely.
>
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