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face="Times New Roman">Dear Anderson, Crispin and Richard.<?xml:namespace prefix
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</SPAN>The main principals for our projects I will call it <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">community based participation</I></B> both
for fuel and for stove productions. Utilization of local resources with other
words.. The Peko Pe is designed for production by local tinsmith with the tools
they might have. They only need a template and a model; they have the knowledge
how to make it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First of all we discuss the
need of changes, and then on the fuel side we start up with registration of
alternative biomass for fuel for briquetting, energy forestry for fuel
production. We always start with the fuel .to be sure there is sufficient
quantities and to an affordable price.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The charcoal business, which
represents about 15 % of the adult population, has to be involved from an early
stage of the project. All kind of activities on the household energy sector will
in one or another way have an influence of their business, and with biochar we
don’t know what will happen, but that is one of the ting we will try to find
out. Any how for the charcoal business it is just to change from charcoal to
alternative biomass for household energy.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>The energy loss by production of biochar for soil improvement is almost
equivalent </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">to the energy needed for
the farmer to cook if you include the African way of thinking<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">time
is</I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">coming</B> </I>not like by us <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">time
is running</I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>That is a big
difference. A household need about <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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ProductID="2,7 kg">2,7 kg</st1:metricconverter> charcoal a day for cooking. Form
about <st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="10 kg">10
kg</st1:metricconverter> of dry wood you will get <st1:metricconverter w:st="on"
ProductID="2,7 kg">2,7 kg</st1:metricconverter> of charcoal for one day cooking
and no biochar. From <st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID=".10 kg">.10
kg</st1:metricconverter> of dry wood you will get <st1:metricconverter w:st="on"
ProductID="10 kg">10 kg</st1:metricconverter> of woodchips and that will be for
2 ½ day of cooking into a TLUD-ND. and about <st1:metricconverter w:st="on"
ProductID="2.7 kg">2.7 kg</st1:metricconverter> of biochar. The pilot project
will tell us if this is right or wrong.. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Crispin, you tell your Chinese friends to start with the fuel, e.g. like
Richard. I think you know,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>when you
have the fuel it’s easy tor local tinsmiths to make an efficient TLUD-ND
stove.and they need the job.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>With regards Paal W <A
href="mailto:paaw@online.no">paaw@online.no</A>
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