Hello all!<br>
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I am having a great difficulty trying to get a handle the political narrative
of this news. Nearly all of the pieces I've seen have been either basics on why stoves, or inflammatory blogs about spending and what not.<div><br></div><div>Where is this money coming from? What process did it take
to bring about this pledge? Who were the supporters, and who the major opponents? Any surprises on either side? What types of obstacles had to be overcome, and how exactly did that happen?</div><div>How is the resulting outcome?<br>
Also, are there any good summaries, other then the brief mention in Clinton's speech itself, on what exactly this scheme will look like? </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Nick Bruns</div><div><br></div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/23 Lloyd Helferty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lhelferty@sympatico.ca">lhelferty@sympatico.ca</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Richard,<br>
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Well, now we are actively seeking out avenues of funding for these
types of projects. <br>
Our partner in Germany, who also works with a foundation, is ready
to undertake a stove project in Lesotho, but the hurdle is, as
always, the same problem that always seems to crop up, which is:
guess what?<br>
: Financing. :<br>
The announcement by Clinton about the "Global Alliance" was
exciting to learn and we have contacted them (no reply yet). Our aim
is to demonstrate that by integrating Biochar-to-soils into the
"Clean Cookstoves" paradigm that we can achieve an ROI that is
"greater than the sum of the parts".<br>
I.e. in terms of <i><b>total "biomass (i.e. carbon) savings"</b></i>
-- we are looking at it from the perspective of not only "<b>fuel
use</b>" but also "<b>fuel re-growth</b>". Let's say that even if
a gasifier (i.e. "biochar-producing") stove does require 20% more
fuel, if it produces a Biochar product that, if integrated into a
composting and bio-waste recycling system, ultimately produces 30%
more biomass from the surrounding environment because of the
regeneration of soils and improved agriculture and forest
regeneration, then this stove type [biochar-producing gasifier]<i><b>
can be justified</b></i>.<br>
This is 'big picture' thinking that we are trying to apply, but we
do want to prove that it will work (or not) in a real-world setting.<br>
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Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist<br>
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On 9/23/2010 10:48 AM, Richard Stanley wrote:
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<div>Will look into them. </div>
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<div>Lloyd, we have never funded such parties, unless by funded
you mean offered ideas or consulted with but that was as
mutual an exchange as is experienced on this list serve..</div>
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</div><div class="im"><div>Aluta continua,</div>
<div>Richard
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