[Gasification] iENERGY Announces Sponsorship of 'Billion Stoves' Program

[Jonathan Pratt]

From:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb507518.htm

iENERGY now donates 10% of the proceeds of sales of the Woodgas Camp stove 
on www.woodgas-stove.com to the Human Relief Organization's "Billion Stoves" 
program.

Norfolk, VA (PRWEB) February 27, 2007 -- iENERGY now donates 10% of the 
proceeds of sales of the Woodgas Camp stove on www.woodgas-stove.com to the 
Human Relief Organization's "Billion Stoves" program.

Every year about a million people die worldwide as a result of primitive 
wood cooking. Indeed this is one of the worst problems for up to half of the 
world's population. The primitive cooking methods such as the 3 stone fires 
result in a great amount of smoke and both indoor and outdoor air pollution 
which causes lung disease, glaucoma, smoke inhalation, and carbon monoxide 
poisoning. Children are also frequently burned in these fires. Typically too 
much wood fuel is used in these primitive fires and stoves which contributes 
to deforestation. Also, increasing amounts of labor are required to collect 
wood from greater and greater distances as resources are depleted.

The Woodgas Camp Stove sold online at http://www.woodgas-stove.com is a very 
clean burning and high efficiency wood and biomass cooking stove. While the 
current target retail channel for the stove is developed country sports and 
recreation markets, the original development of the Woodgas stove was aimed 
at humanitarian relief to address the very problems noted above. The Woodgas 
stove is up to 10 times more efficient than the 3 stone fire and when 
operated properly produces little to no smoke. So one can see how it can 
make a difference in developing countries in reducing deforestation and 
cleaning up the air.

The inventor of the Woodgas Stove; Dr. Thomas Reed of Denver, CO of the 
biomass energy foundation, developed the stove after traveling to Africa in 
1985 and observing personally the health, labor and deforestation problems 
all caused by primitive cooking methods

It is a very fitting arrangement for iENERGY to sponsor the "Billion Stoves" 
program of the (HRO) Human Relief Organization -- http://www.humanrelief.net 
and contributing proceeds of sales of the Woodgas Stove toward the Billion 
Stoves program.

"It is what this stove was invented for to begin with" Say's iENERGY 
President, Jonathan Pratt

The Human Relief Organization is working to raise awareness of this issue 
and make available better stoves to those who need them in developing 
countries through it's extensive network, partner NGO's, contacts and in 
partnership with other organizations with shared purposes.

Jonathan says "Not only are we sponsoring the Billion Stove's program, we 
are offering discounted Woodgas Stove's to qualified NGO's, relief agencies 
and organizations operating in developing countries. The current model of 
the Woodgas camp stove is already perfect for refugees, emergency use and 
disaster preparedness. Soon, a larger model of the Woodgas stove will be 
available that is appropriate for the regular cooking needs of families in 
developing countries."

"We are also seeking internet affiliate partners to promote both the Woodgas 
stove and the Billion Stoves program. Such partners can be non-profits & 
NGO's as well as groups involved in sport's and recreation, disaster 
preparedness, hunting, kayaking, Boy Scout troops etc," says Jonathan.

iENERGY Can be contacted about this program at: billionstoves at ienergyinc.com