[Stoves] News: Methanol cooking fuel for india...

[Nikhil Desai]

Niti Aayog pushes for methanol as cooking fuel
<https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/niti-aayog-pushes-for-methanol-as-cooking-fuel/articleshow/67116092.cms>
Economic
Times (India) 16 December 2018.

Niti Aayog - the former Planning Commission, the new name means Policy
Venture or something like that - has something to at last, after a mix of
good and bad energy policy advice.

The interesting part is the commercial ("hotels") market and large-scale
fuel production.

" A senior government official told ET work is on full swing to introduce
methanol-run cooking stoves. “After Assam, we are eyeing Uttar Pradesh and
then Maharashtra to provide such stoves in households.

Simultaneously, we have tied up with some hotels in Bengaluru to use
methanol stoves,” said the official, requesting not to be identified. “Next
in line would be big temples, gurdwaras and ashrams where cooking is done
on a massive scale daily.” There was a pilot launch of methanol stoves in
Assam in October. "

Until methanol is consumed orally. I don't know if inhaling causes any
damage. So long as it is not picked up by Kirk Smith's monitors as PM2.5, I
guess it's safe.

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