<div>I'm not sure what the context for this question is, but the social/anthropological side seems to be missing from the response. Here are some data points about why people cook indoors despite it being "obviously" harmful:</div>
<div><br></div><div>* My little sister returned from Cameroon with the observation that three-stone fires have very strong cultural ties. To divorce a woman you throw one of the stones from inside the house outside. Not sure what it would mean to convince these families to move their cooking outside...</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Similarly, she mentioned that most people don't think smoke from fires is what causes their coughs or irritated eyes. </div><div><br></div><div>* Some people need smoky fires to keep bugs from growing in their thatched roofs. Imagine trying to convince someone that they should risk having giant millipedes fall from the roof on them while sleeping for some long-term health benefit.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm sure there a thousand other little stories like this from people on this list. </div><br clear="all">Marc Paré<br>B.S. Mechanical Engineering<br>Georgia Institute of Technology | Université de Technologie de Compiègne<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Paul S. Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Stovers,<br>
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I received a question and I share my response so that others can comment.<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Since Africa has a far<br>
higher incidence of death from indoor air pollution than any other<br>
continent. Do you understand the reason for that to be that more people<br>
cook inside their homes than in other continents?<br>
</blockquote>
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In America we cook inside our houses. But we have clean stoves.<br>
<br>
A greater percentage of people in Africa are using poor, smokey stoves/3-stone fires without ventilation of the cooking area.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If not, do you know what<br>
the reason is? Are you aware of any projects where people who have<br>
traditionally cooked inside their homes have been persuaded over the long<br>
term to cook outside in order to use a clean burning cookstove?<br>
</blockquote>
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I do not know of efforts to convince people who cook indoors with bad stoves to move their stoves outside. Comments, anyone? But see next comment.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I see<br>
pictures on the websites of various of stove makers of stoves being used<br>
both indoors and out. Is there a protocol for indoor versus outdoor use<br>
among stovemakers?<br>
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</blockquote>
The vast majority of stove makers do NOT recommend that their stoves be used inside unless there is a chimney. Potential liability issues, probably.<br>
<br>
But my question is: when people who have terrible smokey homes get an improved cookstove ICS that is much cleaner, but not super clean and no chimney, do they simply use it indoors? Or do the new stove and stove providers alter the cooking habits so much that the households take the ICS outside or into a better ventilated room?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
-- <br>
Paul S. Anderson, PhD<br>
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