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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I wonder if it would help to fill in two of the spaces between three of the stones with curving walls of clay, leaving one open for the fuel. Clay would reduce heat loss due to any horizontal air currents so help keep it hotter under the pot. The clay walls could come up to within an inch or so of the bottom of the pot, which would still be supported by sitting on the three stones, so that emissions and hot air would be deflected up the pot sides. And, very important, it is something that a woman could do herself without any expense. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am trying to find out where (in what countries) jatropha is growing wild, so women could scavenge for the seeds. Another question is whether there is a way to make a simple grate for three stone stoves to hold up the jatropha seeds. I suppose they would burn if they were on the ground under wood. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>W</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>ould</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> there</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> be an advantage in lifting them above the wood, up close to the pot bottom?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have read that half of the people who burn wood/charcoal for cooking are using three stone stoves. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Trying to help the poorest of women with simple, cheap or no-cost improvements in their three stone stoves is in line with the first Millennium Development Goal of relieving extreme poverty. I </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>would like to </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>find colleagues to try this idea</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> of adding clay walls. It </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>is not something I can do at my home. Any suggestions of where I can find people to try it? If it appears feasible to add the mud walls, then the challenge will be to make the idea known to those who need it. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joyce M Lockard<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>