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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear Cecil and All Stovers,</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">My apology for the delayed response.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After the Aprovecho Stove
Camp,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>it has taken me more than a
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>week to catch up with
domesticities, can a few dozen of my <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"to-die-for" <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Blueberry-Lime Jam and to redesign the
Standard (Family size) Eco-Kalan and the Eco-Kalan-C models. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Now to answer
Cecil's questions and to comment on his excellent observations:</FONT></B></P>
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style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
color=#ff0000>If it is this stove, can someone explain to me how the cost to
produce these three components comes - as reported by Rebecca - to $25?
How can the cost of production for a fired clay stove produced by local potters
and ceramic workers in the Philippines possibly cost that much? In Java I
am sure the indigenous stove makers would be able to produce them for $2.50 to
$3 each; the retail price would be perhaps $4 to $5.
</FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN></I> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
color=#ff0000>If the same ECO-KALAN C stove is on display at Stove Camp, then
can somebody who is attending the camp find out how a ceramic stove that would
probably retail for $4 to $5 in Indonesia (all costs in) can possibly cost a
charitable stove agent in the Philippines $28 per stove to produce and bring to
market??..I understand that Rebecca is including all the cost to her stove
charity to produce, store, transport, distribute, promote, demonstrate and
finally to market an improved stove. </FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN></I> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>There must be well
established traditional stoves on the markets in her area that sell for less
than 500 pesos each ($11.50) and stove customers are simply not willing to spend
an additional 700 pesos ($16) - which may take a low income household a month of
scrimping to save - to purchase the higher performance ECO-KALAN C
stove.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: "></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PRICES TO DONORS</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The U$27/set price tag (production cost) of the
ECO-KALAN-C and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>US$18/set for the
STANDARD <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ECO-KALAN <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>are the prices I charge to Eco-Kalan
Donors who donate to poor mountain communities in conflict regions (with
rebel<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>insurgencies) in the province
of Negros Oriental , Philippines. The donors present the eco-kalans
themselves<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at a pre-arranged
special ceremony .<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In return for the donation, donors can
stay at Felipa Beach for a month with full cooking, maid and Eco-Kalan staff
services<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>free of charge.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These presentations are documented
in YOUTUBE videos at:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" color=#0070c0><A
href="http://www.eco-kalan.com/index.php?id=29,0,0,1,0,0">http://www.eco-kalan.com/index.php?id=29,0,0,1,0,0</A>
</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The
facilities at Felipa Beach can be <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>viewed at Rebecca Vermeer's Google+ photo
album :</FONT></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" color=#0070c0><A
href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5900103819444327585">https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5900103819444327585</A>
</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PRODUCTION COSTS</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A
detailed breakdown of our<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Production Cost " using 2010 and 2011 production data is shown below:
</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG title=clip_image002
style="BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"
border=0 alt=clip_image002 src="cid:CF6C2AD754134E7E9AD80E3B375E4DAD@RebeccaHP"
width=623 height=863></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">CONCLUSIONS FROM ABOVE COST DATA:</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">a)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Grants for<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>monitoring and
educational programs,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>demonstration
and presentation costs would take a third off the production cost of the
Standard Eco-Kalan. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">b)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Economies of Scale -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the
higher the production levels, the lower the unit cost of the eco-kalans.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Upscaling production to 6,000 sets
per year would lead to optimum utilization of bucong and eco-kalan storage
facilities and reduce 79% of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>production cost to one-third its value.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">c)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The combination of grants and upscaling of production would make room for
an increase in the price paid to the potters and still keep the retail price
within the affordable range and a payback period of 1-2 months. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>COMPARISON OF RETAIL PRICES AND
PRODUCTION COSTS</FONT></B></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG title=clip_image004
style="BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"
border=0 alt=clip_image004 src="cid:93EAE47C92EF4605A956D168AFE15147@RebeccaHP"
width=623 height=293></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">LEFT TO
RIGHT:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>RETAIL PRICE IN DUMAGUETE <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>PRODUCTION<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>PRICE PAID TO</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>PHILIPPINES<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>COST<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>POTTERS</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1.
TRADITIONAL KALAN (Big)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Php 150 (US$3.50)
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>?</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2.
ECO-KALAN-C<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Php 500 (US$11.54)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Php 1174 (US$27)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Php 220 ($5.10)</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3. STANDARD
ECO-KALAN<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Php 350 (US$8.10)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Php 772 (US$18)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Php 120 ($2.78)</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">4.
TRADITIONAL KALAN (small)<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Php 70<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(US$1.62)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>?</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">RETAIL PRICE IN JAVA </FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>INDONESIA</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">INDONESIAN CLAY STOVES <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>US$4 -
$5<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>US$2.50 - $3.00 </FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(according Cecil Cook; NO other info was
given)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">NOTES ON THE
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TRADITIONAL <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>KALANS:</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OPEN FIRING</FONT></B><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> -- RAW KALANS <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">SIT</B> ON A BED OF FIREWOOD & OTHER
BIOMASS FUELS; <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>COVERED WITH MORE
FIREWOOD AND SET ON FIRE FOR ABOUT 2 HRS.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(In contrast, the ECO-KALAN<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>is kiln-fired at controlled temperatures
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>over a 10 hour period up to 900
degrees Celsius using a pyrometer).</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DEPENDING ON THE CLAY, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>POTTERS BRUSH THE RAW KALAN WITH RED
CEMENT SOLUTION<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TO GIVE THE KALAN A
BRICK REDDISH COLOUR AFTER FIRING</FONT></B><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RED CEMENT <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>IS USED TO TOUCH -UP AND HIDE CRACKS AND
OTHER<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DEFECTS IN THE TRADITIONAL
KALANS.</FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The big traditional Kalan shown in the
above photo cracked on one side of the kalan all the way to a pot support within
a few minutes of use during a Cooking Performance Test.</FONT><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The
Eco-Kalan Project only sells PERFECT Eco-Kalans -- no hidden cracks; no other
defects.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">4. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>INFERIOR COOKING PERFORMANCE <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>COMPARED TO ECO-KALANS.</FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">-- RATIO OF FIREWOOD CONSUMPTION OF
TRADITIONAL KALANS TO ECO-KALAN STANDARD IS<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5:1.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">--<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SIGNIFICANT FUEL SAVINGS (min.Php 500
/month) WHEN HOUSEHOLD CONVERTS TO ECO-KALAN.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">-- BIG TRADITIONAL KALAN CANNOT
CARRY HEAVY LOADS OF FOOD THAT AN ECO-KALAN -C<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CAN DO.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">--<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>EXTREME
RADIANT HEAT EXPOSURE . </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">For
details see following<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3 pages on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ATTRIBUTES OF THE ECO-KALANS;<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TABLES 1B,2B & 3B -- COOKING
PERFORMANCE AND FUEL SAVINGS;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TABLE
6 -- COOKING WITH ECO-KALAN-C</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>or in the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">LINKS</B> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>below. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">COOKING ON
ECO-KALAN-C</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: "></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-ascii-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">FURTHER COMMENTS FROM CECIL COOK</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>The benefits offered to a
stove buyer's household have to be obvious to consumers who will not be willing
to give up the familiar conveniences of their baseline stoves. It will be
<B>dramatic reductions in fuel collected or purchased</B> together with equally
dramatic improvements in </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000></FONT></FONT></SPAN></I> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(i.)
speed of stove ignition and smoke production during start up,
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(ii.) ability
of a stove to burn damp or wet wood, </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(iii.) the ability
of a stove to combust multiple biomass fuels, </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(iv.) the capacity
to turn up a stove's power to accelerate the cooking process or to cook for
special </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> occasions and the
extended family, </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(v.) the
capacity of an improved stove to performs both household and home industry
functions with</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> equal facility,
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(vi.) little or no
change required in stove operation techniques and knowledge to successfully cook
on an </FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> improved stove and to
get full benefit of its higher performance, and</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>(vii.) the capacity of an
improved stove to replicate all of the essential stove work functions
traditionally</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> performed by dominant
baseline stove(s) or by radically improving one or more specific
stove</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> work functions such as
introducing a TLUD stove that cook like an LPG stove thereby minimizing soot
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000> accumulation on pots
and pans and making a much cleaner kitchen
possible.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
color=#ff0000></FONT></FONT></SPAN></I> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#ff0000>In my experience, it is
the savings of money, time and effort to low income households at the Bottom of
the Pyramid rather that 'saving' the lungs, eyes and health of stove users that
will determine whether new stoves will gradually gain an increasing share of the
'traditional' stove market</FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I fully agree with Cecil's observations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In comparison<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to the baseline Traditional Kalans,
3-Stones , and Hollow Blocks with Rebars <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>cookstoves, the Standard Eco-Kalan and
the Eco-Kalan-C<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>have already
achieved <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"</FONT></SPAN></B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#ff0000><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">dramatic reductions in fuel collected or
purchased</FONT></SPAN></I></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-ca"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> together with equally dramatic improvements
in"</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></I></B></FONT></FONT><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">the above parameters listed in item (i) to (vii).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What remains to be done
are:</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">a) <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to upscale production<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in order to achieve economies of
scale;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">b) <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to obtain grants for the monitoring,
educational and humanitarian programs the Eco-Kalan</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>are engaged in.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, these are areas where the
Project <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>needs
help.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Only
then will we be able to market the Eco-Kalans<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at prices consumers at the Bottom of the
Pyramid are willing and able to pay.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rebecca A. Vermeer</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: whitesmoke; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca; mso-themecolor: text1"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Eco-Kalan Project</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ravermeer@telus.net
href="mailto:ravermeer@telus.net">Rebecca A. Vermeer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 01, 2013 2:39 AM</DIV>
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href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">Discussion of biomass cooking
stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=art.donnelly@seachar.org
href="mailto:art.donnelly@seachar.org">Art Donnelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] Aprovecho Stove Camp</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Cecil,</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for your excellent questions and comments. I will answer
you later today after I get some sleep. It is only now –August 1 at
2:36 AM in
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face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">British Columbia, Canada – that I
read your email. I have been busy cleaning my house after a painting and
drywalling job during a 10 day absence; and reviewing with my staff
and potters in the Philippines possible changes to the Eco-kalan designs.
Regards,</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cec1863@gmail.com
href="mailto:cec1863@gmail.com">Cecil Cook</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:49 AM</DIV>
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href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">Discussion of biomass cooking
stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=art.donnelly@seachar.org
href="mailto:art.donnelly@seachar.org">Art Donnelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] Aprovecho Stove Camp</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Ditto the appreciation.
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<DIV>Can you name, describe and link us to the rocket stove from the
Philippines? Is it the three component clay ECO-KALAN C stove that was
recently introduced to the stove discussion group by Rebecca A Vermeer? </DIV>
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<DIV>If it is this stove, can someone explain to me how the cost to produce
these three components comes - as reported by Rebecca - to $25? How can
the cost of production for a fired clay stove produced by local potters and
ceramic workers in the Philippines possibly cost that much? In Java I am
sure the indigenous stove makers would be able to produce them for $2.50 to $3
each; the retail price would be perhaps $4 to $5. </DIV>
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<DIV>If the same ECO-KALAN C stove is on display at Stove Camp, then can
somebody who is attending the camp find out how a ceramic stove that would
probably retail for $4 to $5 in Indonesia (all costs in) can possibly cost a
charitable stove agent in the Philippines $28 per stove to produce and bring to
market??..I understand that Rebecca is including all the cost to her stove
charity to produce, store, transport, distribute, promote, demonstrate and
finally to market an improved stove. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There must be well established traditional stoves on the markets in her
area that sell for less than 500 pesos each ($11.50) and stove customers are
simply not willing to spend an additional 700 pesos ($16) - which may take a low
income household a month of scrimping to save - to purchase the higher
performance ECO-KALAN C stove. In the end the battle to take and hold market
share has to be fought and won in the local stove markets. The benefits
offered to a stove buyer's household have to be obvious to consumers who will
not be willing to give up the familiar conveniences of their baseline
stoves. It will be <B>dramatic reductions in fuel collected or
purchased</B> together with equally dramatic improvements in </DIV>
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<DIV><B>(i.) speed of stove ignition and smoke production
during start up, </B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(ii.) ability of a stove to burn damp or wet wood,
</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(iii.) the ability of a stove to combust multiple biomass fuels,
</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(iv.) the capacity to turn up a stove's power to accelerate the
cooking process or to cook for special </B></DIV>
<DIV><B> occasions </B><B>and the
extended family, </B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(v.) the capacity of an improved stove to performs both
household and home industry functions with</B></DIV>
<DIV><B> equal </B><B>facility,
</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(vi.) little or no change required in stove operation techniques
and knowledge to successfully cook on an </B></DIV>
<DIV><B> improved stove a</B><B>nd to
</B><B>get full benefit of its higher performance, and</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>(vii.) the capacity of an improved stove to replicate all of the
essential stove work functions traditionally</B></DIV>
<DIV><B> performed </B><B>by the
dominant baseline stove(s) or by radically improving one or more specific
stove</B></DIV>
<DIV><B> work functions </B><B>such as
introducing a TLUD stove that cooks very clean thereby </B><B>minimizing soot
</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>accumulation on </B><B>pots </B><B>and pans and n in a </B><B>much
cleaner kitchen possible,</B></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>e savings of money, time and effort to low income households at the Bottom
of the Pyramid rather that 'saving' the lungs, eyes and health of stove users
that will determine whether new stoves will gradually gain an increasing share
of the 'traditional' stove market. </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:14 PM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net"
target=_blank>rongretlarson@comcast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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This just a short summary of yesterday's first of five days at the Aprovecho
Stove Camp. This year, they are focusing on TLUDs. About 50
people were at the opening session, with about 20 - 25 from the different
parts of Aprovecho, and maybe 10 staying of those on as part of the
camp. <BR> The old timers here
included<BR> a Dean Still, who was the key
organizer. I was most amazed of everything here about how much Aprovecho
has grown and changed over the 15 or so years I have known Dean (who
says he will retire in a year).<BR>
1. We go maybe today to a new factory for an off-shot firm called
InStove (Only institutional stoves (like one 100 liters).
Damon Ogle is with them now. A first overseas factory coming soon. Only
Rocket principles here.<BR> 2. We
will visit the factory where they are making the US StoveTec
<BR> 3. We will visit a new 5 acre
campus about 6 miles away - a former high school where they will be moving to
this year.<BR> 4. I heard a
little about a new large research grant from DoE - one of four
nationally,<BR> 5. There were
staff people all over the place - maybe more than ten (?) not part of the
camp. <BR> 6. A key
organizer who introduced Dean was Mark Hatfield.
<BR> 7. Owner of the Apro property
was Fred Colgan - alo head of InStove<BR>
8. Larry Winiarski is a leader of one on 4-5 subgroups that
formed. Interestng oven design with a Rocket, built by a couple named
Anderson. Also a ceramic Rocket from
Philippines.<BR> 9. Dean is leading
one of the 4-5 subgroups - which is mostly on TLUDs, but one large plancha
design (18 by 24 inch - $22) plancha from Guatemala. Much of
yesterday learning how to use test equipment<BR><BR>
b. Paul Anderson, who brought 10 flat packs of a nice looking new TLUD
design from Uganda, for on-site assembly. <BR>Maybe 8-10 people in his
subgoup. Mostly will be doing testing here on (like all)<BR>Paul gave a
nice one hour intro to TLUDS. Both a son and grandson are
here.<BR><BR> c. Art Donnelly at last minute decided
to assemble one of his very large TLUD stoves from Costa Rica. His
primary air control from slight tilt using a wedge at the bottom.<BR><BR>Of
course many new-comers. I ended up speaking most to three school
teachers from D.C., hoping to establish a stove design challenge for 7th and
8th graders<BR><BR>More coming.
Questions?
Ron<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Stoves
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