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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Xavier,<div><br></div><div>The most certain fact:</div><div>Too many are using chardoal to day in developing countries and close to 85 % of the African population rely on wooden biomass as fuel, firewood or charcoal.</div><div><br></div><div>Statistics in that sense, which is which, firewood <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or charcoal, is not very relyable, because this is very much linked to the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> informal sector and the "hidden" marked.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One thing you can be certain of, is that you need around 10 kg of wood to make 1 kilogram of charcoal.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In a traditional kiln you will get around 100 kg of charcoal of of one tonne of wood, FAO Nairobi 1986.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have you considered to test out ND gasifiers in your Prakti-lab?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Otto</span></div><div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: xvr.brandao@gmail.com<br>To: stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:54:56 -0400<br>Subject: [Stoves] Charcoal users in the world<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Hello stovers,</p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">I have had and am still having trouble finding statistics on the number of people using charcoal for cooking in the world.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">For some reason, it is very hard to find data about that. I couldn't find anything in the GACC data or in the Practical Action Energy Outlook. There are statistics on people using "solid fuels" or "traditional biomass", but nothing specifically on charcoal. Maybe it will appear in the "Data and statistics" section of the GACC website, which has been "Coming soon" for quite some time already.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Maybe there's more info in the IEA World Energy Outlook?</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Does anyone know where to find such info?</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Cheers,</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Xavier</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666;">--</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666;">Xavier Brandao</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666;">Prakti</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666;"><a href="http://www.praktidesign.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">www.PraktiDesign.com</span></a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666;">=== Prakti Videos (3 min) ===</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-nuwbyUBU" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Prakti Overview</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#666666;">============================</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><br>_______________________________________________
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