[Stoves] cost of stoves

[Richard Stanley]

AD,
I think that it is even a greater morale booster when the stove can  
be made locally and sold locally..
Richard Stanley
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On Dec 20, 2006, at 23:36, adkarve wrote:

> Dear Tami,
> Phillips stove was recently test marketed in this area and people  
> knew that
> it was being offered at a concessional price of US$35. People saw  
> that the
> stove was made completely of stainless steel and that it also had a
> mechanism for blowing fresh air into the flame. This, coupled with  
> the fact
> that the item was being offered by a well known multinational  
> company, made
> them realise that the real price had to be more than US$30.  I  
> mentioned in
> my previous communication, that US$ 55 was roughly what one had to  
> pay if
> one wanted bottled gas. The supply of bottled LPG is not at all  
> reliable in
> the rural areas, and therefore, devices like our compact biogas  
> system and
> Phillips stove evinced great interest among the rural rich. With a  
> one-time
> capital expense, they got a cleanly burning cooking device in which  
> they
> could use fuel produced by themselves. Freedom from an external  
> supplier of
> fuel is great morale booster.
> Yours A.D.Karve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tami Bond <yark at uiuc.edu>
> To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] cost of stoves
>
>
>> A.D.,
>> This is really useful information. Thanks so much.
>> Are you saying that *nobody* offered you less than $30? Or maybe that
>> people have an inherent sense of what clean cooking devices should  
>> and
>> do cost?
>>
>> Tami
>>
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