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

[Sujoy Chaudhury]

Hi Nikhil

How are you doing?
Hope you get enough cooking pots as Christmas gifts.

Methanol seems to be a good option. How would Methanol be made available to
consumers?

Regards
Sujoy

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:58 AM Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> N
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