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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It may not work but I love your Keep It Si</FONT><FONT
face=Arial>mple S**** idea</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>and think a hammered out piece of time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rj.lockard@frontier.com
href="mailto:rj.lockard@frontier.com">Joyce Lockard</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 09, 2012 8:03 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Stoves] Improving three stone stoves and finding out where
wildjatropha grows</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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.
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Joyce M
Lockard<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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