<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="_ohf rfloat" style="float: right; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div class="uiPopover _6a _6b" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="_p" role="button" style="color: rgb(54, 88, 153); cursor: pointer; display: block;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><i data-tooltip-content="Menu" data-hover="tooltip" alt="" class="img sp_JX_rJ7wHFCQ sx_59c64c" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/ym/r/Ca9I_e1SWwt.png"); background-size: auto; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 16px; width: 16px; background-position: -17px -1760px;"></i></a></div></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">List and Andrew (who has now seen the article):</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I added this comment at the website Darpan supplied:</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a target="_blank" class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/ronal.larson" style="color: rgb(54, 88, 153); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap;"><i class="">Ronal W. Larson</i></a><div class="_3-8m" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 4px;"><div class="_30o4"><span class="_5mdd" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i class="">I hope the team will look into pyrolyzing rather than combusting the dung during the cremation. Should be no change in flame temperature - but will use twice the (excess) dung. The resultant biochar has multiple uses (mainly for soil) - and should make the cost of the dung be negative.</i></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I hope the team will also consider making dung pellets - for use in stoves. Dung is reported to make more valuable biochar than other biomass sources. I was surprised to read that they have too much dung - at least near Delhi.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I wish I had added that the corpse disposal they are talking about in the ghats of the story can also become biochar - rather than ash. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 22, 2018, at 8:31 AM, Andrew Heggie <<a href="mailto:aj.heggie@gmail.com" class="">aj.heggie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 05:22, Darpan Das <<a href="mailto:darpandasiitb@gmail.com" class="">darpandasiitb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/iit-delhi-students-fight-air-pollution-by-replacing-wood-with-cow-dung-logs-for-cremating-dead-355168.html" class="">https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/iit-delhi-students-fight-air-pollution-by-replacing-wood-with-cow-dung-logs-for-cremating-dead-355168.html</a><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">It seems to be restricted to internet users not in Europe.<br class=""><br class="">Andrew<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Stoves mailing list<br class=""><br class="">to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br class=""><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" class="">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""><br class="">to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br class="">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br class="">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>