[Stoves] Short Documentary on TLUD and Biochar in Bangladesh (in Bangla)

Julien Winter winter.julien at gmail.com
Sun Oct 28 16:56:05 CDT 2018


Hi Neil;

They usually conserve the ash when they quench with water.  I don't know if
everyone quenches with water, but they could put the char in a clay pot
with a very tight lid.  Quenching with water is the safest, and easiest
thing to do in their case.

Biscuit tins, or metal tins of any kind are not so common in rural
Bangladesh.  Things in tins are usually imported, and relatively speaking
(adjusting for purchasing power parity, and exchange rates), imported goods
are around three times more expensive than their local equivalent (were
available).  In addition, cash incomes are lower in the countryside than
the city, and the barter economy is more important in the countryside.

If you owned a decent biscuit tin, it would be too useful for other
purposes to dump hot char into.

The cost of importing into communities with low international purchasing
power is one of the reasons why it is important to design stoves with as
many components made locally as possible.

Cheers,
Julien



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Julien Winter
Cobourg, ON, CANADA
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