<div dir="ltr">See comments below.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Erin Rasmussen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erin@trmiles.com" target="_blank">erin@trmiles.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Or in other words, we like to work on biomass cooking stoves because they<br>
have the potential to solve both health and environmental problems. When<br>
they are done well, efficient cooking stoves can be a solid asset to people<br>
who are working to improve the quality of life for people overall, and these<br>
include health, environmental and social factors. We used to just talk about<br>
skirt fires and pneumonia, and now we regularly talk about the health of the<br>
planet. I think that as a community we have really stepped forward and<br>
started meeting the technical challenges of really helping each other and<br>
the environment as a whole.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I really like what you say in the paragraph above.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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And now that I'm reminded of that, has anyone on the list been working on<br>
the problem of eliminating the black smoke from kerosene lanterns? Tammi<br>
Bond challenged us to do that at ETHOS in March. She was saying that if we<br>
found a way to modify those cheap lanterns, and spread the fix around<br>
relatively quickly, we could remove a major aggravator of health, air and<br>
climate problems.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A lot of progress has been made recently with respect to small solar panels. They can power LED lamps that consume little electricity. Christa Roth sent me an email not long ago with this link to Fosera: <a href="http://www.fosera.com/en/overview">http://www.fosera.com/en/overview</a><br>
She mentioned that Fosera that will have a BOP device, a 1.5 W <span>panel</span>, probably ready by September, with costs expected to be in the range of 15-17 USD ex factory in Thailand. Such an option makes a lot more sense than a kerosene lantern. Here there is no dependency on non-renewable fossil fuels that have be extracted from the earth and refined into kerosene at a considerable inefficiency. The panel and lamp might cost more than a kerosene lantern, but there is no on-going purchase of fuel.<br>
<br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div>Paul<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>
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Thanks,<br>
Erin Rasmussen<br>
erin @<a href="http://trmiles.com" target="_blank">trmiles.com</a><br>
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