[Stoves] New York Times story on charcoal production and deforestation
Ronal Larson
rongretlarson at comcast.net
Mon Jul 18 13:21:29 CDT 2022
List and Crispin (adding Kip Patrick and Kevin McLean):
1. Thanks for your recommendation.
I got my response in on the 13th, saying (with three positive responses):
"There is a relatively easy solution. The Congolese should shift to charcoal-making stoves. Maybe ten times as many meals with such stoves. And the char should go in the ground as biochar. Such stoves are being introduced at essentially zero cost, as simple mods of 3-stone stoves.
2. Although the article is about stoves, most of the 31 responses concentrate on some other topic.
3. I wish I had made four other points:
a. Three-stone stoves exist for several good reasons - especially cost. I decided that I shouldn’t use Kevin’s name for his rapidly-being-accepted small modification, which adds almost NO cost, and saves users time.
b. People are making char because of lack of jobs and income. There is a lot of work needed to get the wood to the right size for char-making stoves. Trucks can carry more energy if they are carrying wood rather than char.
c. Users of essentially free stoves can make money if they start with wood (not ever, if starting with char). And more crops if the produced char is itself not used for cooking.
d. Cooking with char is incredibly stupid and CCA is correct in discouraging its use, Hopefully, CCA will see the wisdom of making char, given the high costs of their present global-warming preferences.
Ron
> On Jul 18, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends
>
> Here below is a communication from Kip Patrick from the Clean Cooking Alliance.
>
> Perhaps this will start a conversation, here and elsewhere, on how to create the necessary biomass resources needed to cook, and how banning charcoal production is usually a precursor to the destruction of forests, in spite of best intentions.
>
> Experiences in Chad, Rwanda and Haiti show that permitting people to grow and control their forest resources creates the conditions for sustainable charcoal production while banning it promotes charcoal mafias and resource robbery. Chad is perhaps the clearest example of things gone wrong, gone right and gone wrong again.
>
> In Lesotho the production of wood (trees) is dominated by the private sector and a recognized right that people own the trees they tend. They are sold, one by one, still standing, like American walnut trees.
>
> Regards
> Crispin
>
> To: Clean Cookstoves Media <media at cleancooking.org <mailto:media at cleancooking.org>>
> Subject: GOOD READ: New York Times story on charcoal production and deforestation
>
> [External]
> Dear Clean Cooking Communicators,
>
> As you may have seen, the New York Times just published a powerful story <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F13%2Fclimate%2Fcongo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jgdHsqV2WGZysQqsopN%2Bmdw%2BKxOLELY%2FWwc9eU53zgY%3D&reserved=0> about the under-appreciated role charcoal production is playing in deforestation in the Congo River Basin. A charcoal producerinterviewed by the Times aptly sums up the issue: “What can you do when you see the only way to feed your family is to cut trees?”
>
> It’s a dilemma far too many families face each day. And while we all know clean cooking is one of the most undervalued and underfunded tools we have to protect nature, climate, and livelihoods – not enough people do.
>
> We would love your help spreading the word about this story and the issue more broadly. Below is a sample social media post and specific language that may be useful:
>
> Post to social media channels and share with your networks: SAMPLE TWEET HERE <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcleancooking%2Fstatus%2F1547673060752310272%3Fs%3D20%26t%3DH743nG7Mt_RMzjKhhfqIfw&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qUWzxud58A%2BiBjrqcPuqm8LqjDtMUKKCmoEkdbeca2Y%3D&reserved=0>
> Leave a comment on the story on the NYT website here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/climate/congo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html#commentsContainer <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F13%2Fclimate%2Fcongo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html%23commentsContainer&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lIzTVwdyDAvQ%2FQEMhxP2mzeAlUceo65UBa5eJaaDVrY%3D&reserved=0>
> Sample language below for comments, outreach, etc
>
> TWEET THIS: This powerful @nytimes story highlights how the lack of #CleanCooking is driving deforestation, harming the climate, and limiting livelihoods. Global leaders must prioritize clean cooking as a nature-based climate solution!
> http://ow.ly/LS9X50JVZWL <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fow.ly%2FLS9X50JVZWL&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BKdqM2x2ETVAjjNoz1SnFNTMHtDWV%2BrH57SyjLsPzjg%3D&reserved=0>
>
> SAMPLE LANGUAGE:
> Clean cooking is one of the most undervalued and underfunded tools we have to protect nature, climate, and livelihoods.
> We have the technology to provide clean, safe, affordable solutions <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcleancooking.org%2Fthe-solutions%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GuvKz1ADXYo8L5Eawvsl5nv%2BVDMLfzqW2av0cDutDSE%3D&reserved=0> – but only if governments, investors, and the private sector make it a priority.
> Our leaders must live up to pledges to halt deforestation and align with <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukcop26.org%2Fglasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G2nKFeJgCF3Q42Iu1udUa%2BiRljviXQsmUF5XIYFoHQQ%3D&reserved=0>global finance to invest in clean cooking as a nature-based climate solution <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unep.org%2Fresources%2Fstate-finance-nature&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BVHXdVME2sw55DZG9L14ySXn%2F1B9G%2FAIIj6IVw62SLs%3D&reserved=0>.
> We can — and must — ensure that no one’s life is limited by the way they cook.
>
> Thanks, and again, please let us know if you have any questions or how we can support you.
>
> Best,
>
> Kip
> ---
> Kip Patrick
> Senior Director, Advocacy and Communications
> Clean Cooking Alliance
> 202-384-2992
> kpatrick at CleanCooking.org <mailto:kpatrick at CleanCooking.org>
>
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