<p>FUELS OF THE FUTURE<br><br>Many
thoughtful researchers in the stove movement have commented that the
search for cleaner cooking begins with the fuel. Obviously, a car will
not run with too much water in the gas. Using appropriate fuels is an
integral part of cleaner burning. Even wooden sticks need to be dried
below 25% moisture content to burn well. 15% moisture content is within
the optimal range for reducing fuel use and emissions.<br><br>SUNSHINE!<br><br>There
are fuels, most notably sunshine, that do not need preparation before
use. One of two "intellectual villages" at Stove Camp will spend the
week testing and evolving solar solutions that most effectively cook
food. There are now solar cookers that can cook at night! There are
inexpensive solar cookers that can cook beans with little muss or fuss.
Solar cooking does not increase entropy. Cooking with sunshine doesn't
cause the harmful emissions that kill about 1.6 million women and
children per year. Perhaps a great commercially viable solar solution
can be found that will help replace the burning of biomass? Let's spend a
week and see what happens! The best stove wins the coveted "Cat Piff"
Award. We are working on a solar cooker that cooks at night!<br><br>FOUND FUELS!<br><br>The second goal this year is to test
all kinds of natural fuels under the emission hood in various clean
burning stoves. Maybe rabbit or goat pellets can be burned very cleanly
in a TLUD? Sticks of grasses did pretty well last year in a earthen
Rocket stove. We are now making briquettes for the institutional stoves.
Teams are invited to create the most effective, lowest emission
fuel/stove combinations. Win the $250 prize! Our hope is that a catalog
of fuels and stoves will be started at Stove Camp and then expanded by
Aprovecho staff. (In the same way, the staff continued testing charcoal
stoves after Stove Camp 2010 and will soon publish "Comparing Charcoal
Cook Stoves".) <br><br>We are looking forward to burning all kinds of ...stuff.<br><br>Summer
Stove Camp is July 25-29 and costs $300 for the week. You can camp out
here at the lab, on a beautiful Oregon river, or sleep at local hotels.
We are located in the small rural town of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Dean
loves to take Stove Campers sailing on his English yawl. Aprovecho staff
also teach introductory classes and make sure that we learn as much as
possible. We've been in the New Yorker and an Italian film. Who will
come to document this year's activities?<br><br>Contact Mike at
<a href="mailto:apromike@gmail.com">apromike@gmail.com</a><span style="display: none;">This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
</span> or call the lab at 541 767 0287 to reserve a spot.</p>
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