<div dir="ltr"><div>To using biomass for cooking and making char, there are several ways, economically feasible I think.</div><div><br></div>One is making the wood gas condensed in tank like LPG, and making char as byproduct, might be successful. in factory.<div><br><div>Another is that, collect the wood or biomass, package and transport it to power plant( this might be expensive ), burn the gas to generate electricity, distribute it through grid for cooking(this is very cheap and efficient), making char as byproduct, in power plant. <br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-12-27 22:43 GMT+08:00 Ronal W. Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>List cc Anil</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_8253847475216049601Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Anil: Thanks for the alert on the article - highly pertinent.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_8253847475216049601Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>This article doesn’t quite comport with the interesting webinar put on last month on LPG. There, the LPG experts were agreeing that LPG was going to compete against the charcoal-using market (higher priced), but not so much against wood burning (lower priced).</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_8253847475216049601Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>I hope someone on this list will think seriously about bio-LPG (can be made with char as a co-product). India does not need to rely on imported fuel for cooking (LPG’s biggest market</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_8253847475216049601Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Even better - I’d like to see an analysis of char-making stoves being preferred overall in India - if climate, health, employment, soil and food are part of the analysis.</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On Dec 27, 2017, at 3:23 AM, nari phaltan <<a href="mailto:nariphaltan@gmail.com" target="_blank">nariphaltan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_8253847475216049601Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-challenges-china-as-worlds-biggest-lpg-importer/articleshow/62264723.cms" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.<wbr>indiatimes.com/business/india-<wbr>business/india-challenges-<wbr>china-as-worlds-biggest-lpg-<wbr>importer/articleshow/62264723.<wbr>cms</a></font><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Cheers.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Anil</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#351c75" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><div class="m_8253847475216049601gmail_signature">Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)<br>Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road<br>P.O.Box 44<br>Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India<br>Ph:<a href="tel:+91%2091689%2037964" value="+919168937964" target="_blank">+91-9168937964</a><br><a href="mailto:e-mail%3Anariphaltan@gmail.com" target="_blank">e-mail:nariphaltan@gmail.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org" target="_blank">nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org</a><br><br><a href="http://www.nariphaltan.org/" target="_blank">http://www.nariphaltan.org</a><br><br><a href="http://nariphaltan.org/about-2/awards/" target="_blank">http://nariphaltan.org/about-<wbr>2/awards/</a> Awards for NARI staff<br><a href="http://nariphaltan.org/nari-in-press/" target="_blank">http://nariphaltan.org/nari-<wbr>in-press/</a> NARI in press<br><br></div></div>
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