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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dear Mzee Stanley and stovers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My name is Musungu, being a Luhya from Kenya. Hahaha. I also
reside here in Kenya. The corruption of the name may have been by my ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>To the issue of charcoal from coconut husks, in Mombasa the
amount of coconut husks is large but a system for collection and charcoal
production need to be put in place. I agree with Dr. Paul that use of a
TLUD would be very effective for household level charcoal production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Maybe we also need to look at the other component of the coconut
tree, the leaves and the branches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Musungu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stoves
[mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard
Stanley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 April 2014 17:39<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Char from coir Re: Biochar Inquiry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Muzungu Wycliff,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Presumably you are with Wyclif bible translators ??<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Then I'm just curious as to how you missed the
proper spelling of european or more generally, white man in Kiswahili. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You are an Mzungu, not an muzungu.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Wako wa umtumishi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Mzee Richard Stanley<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Nicaragua<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 15, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Crispin Pembert-Pigott wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Musungu and Michael are both confirming my experiences and it
seems the technologies converged to the same sort of applications.</span><span
lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards<br>
Crispin in the land of no coconuts</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dear Stovers and Biochar,</span><span lang=EN-CA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In 1999 or there about, I had the opportunity to work on the
development of charcoal production from coconut waste in Mombasa Kenya. We used
coconut husks, coir was very expensive and was being used to make some products
like door marts and such.</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I developed a process for producing charcoal from coconut husks
and also briquetting them. I developed a retort that was running on some of the
coconut husks to generate heat that is then used to heat the other coconut
husks for charcoal production. The retort attained very high temperatures.</span><span
lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I even wrote a report on the process.</span><span lang=EN-CA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you,</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Musungu Wycliffe.</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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