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<div>Dear Paal,</div>
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<div>I was glad to see your message about local production. In the Maasai Stoves and Solar Project, we have an efficient stove with chimney to save wood, lessen wood gathering labor, and to get the smoke out of the unventilated homes of the people. Our stove is made of brick, mortar, and formed steel parts. We have no problem finding excellent local skilled labor to manufacture the steel parts of the stove, and to fire bricks from local clay sources. Imported metal bending and cutting machines can be purchased in Dar es Salaam and we have a factory near Arusha which we hope will soon be enlarged. Village women's teams do the brick work and install the stoves. Stimulating the local economy, creating jobs, and sharing skills can be an integral part of an improved cookstove effort. We don't consider it optional.</div>
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<div>Robert Lange </div>
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From: Paal Wendelbo <paaw@online.no><br>
To: LCordes <LCordes@unfoundation.org><br>
Cc: list Stove <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br>
Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 2:05 am<br>
Subject: [Stoves] GACC in Cambodia<br>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoDate"><span style="mso-ansi-language: en-us;" lang="EN-US"><font style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear
Leslie.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoDate"><span style="mso-ansi-language: en-us;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"> </font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt;">Taken
into consideration the increasing unemployment in developing countries;
centralized or local production of stoves and fuel should be on the agenda for
the GACC Forum in Cambodia.</font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: en-us;" lang="EN-US"><font style="font-size: 11pt;">Stoves
and fuel has always been a part of the local market and has to continue to be
that to avoid loss of income generating activities. Today about 15% of the
population in developing countries are involved in the charcoal business; and
with the high demand of clean burning stoves, the fuel-policy will go more in
direction of pellets from waste biomass as fuel, which will again demand more
advanced types of stoves. My experience is that local tinsmiths only need some
guide-lines and templates for production of good stoves; they mostly have the
tools and the skills. The end-user and a NGO can take the control. All type
combustible waste from human activities, are possible to turn into pellets for
household energy. Again that will create jobs and utilization of local
resources. </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: en-us;" lang="EN-US"><font style="font-size: 11pt;">Centralization and mass-production will obviously give
cheaper stoves but more expensive fuel, but by creating jobs the cooks will buy
the best stove, which utilize the cheapest fuel. </font></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: en-us;" lang="EN-US"><font style="font-size: 11pt;">Best
regards Paal Wendelbo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:paaw@online.no"><font color="#0000ff">paaw@online.no</font></a>
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