[Stoves] Extension of Improved Stoves

[Choppalli Venkata Krishna]

  Yes Paul
After South Africa-Johnnesburge, in 2002, we will be meeting at Bangalore.
Regards
-Cv


On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 Paul S.Anderson wrote :
>Dear CV and all,
>
>Your comments are extremely important.
>
>Do you know the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes"?  In the story, everyone is
>blindly "seeing" what they think the emperor is seeing (his invisible new
>clothes) until a child speaks the truth and the emperor is exposed.  In the
>case of stove installation and acceptance, you have spoken a truth that the
>people and the "emperors of stoves" do not want to see or hear.  You have
>pointed out the high failure rate of many many many improved cook stoves (ICS).
>  Improved is a relative term that is taken to mean "better than a 3-stove fire."
>  How much of "The Emperor's New Stove(s)" is reality???
>
>When a chimney needs to have the soot removed every 2 to 4 weeks, when human
>factors of convenience are not sufficient to sustain usage, when subsidies (of
>the stoves or of expensive support teams) are the basis for acceptance, then we
>must really question what is "success."
>
>Personally, I believe that most of current stove installations are interim
>efforts (and many are highly justified interim efforts that must be supported).
>  But the "types/designs" of stoves that will really capture the market, that is,
>capture the interest and support of the cooks, are not yet being produced and
>installed.  Are those stove types close to being ready?  I certainly hope so.
>But will the "emperors" seriously consider a wardrobe change?  That remains to
>be seen.
>
>I hope that you will be at the PCIA meeting in Bangalore on 20 to 24 March.
>Your experiences and insights are needed.
>
>Paul
>--
>Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Geography professor - Emeritus
>Telephone:  USA-309-452-7072 (residence and office)
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>
>Quoting Choppalli Venkata Krishna <krishnacreat1 at rediffmail.com>:
>
> >  Dear all
> > I have been following keenly on the delibrations for the last 3
> > months  mail by mail and gained immense theoretical knowledge.
> >
> > My problem is " How to extend an Improved Smoke -Free Stove" to a
> > rural woman?
> >
> > This question I pose to all as I have installed around half a million
> > stoves of different varieties and I have failed for their
> > sustainability.Equally,I have witnessed with grief the 90% failure of
> > Improved Stoves installedin my coutry, INDIA.
> > Only lesson I learnt that " It is not appropriate if it is not
> > appropriate to a Woman".
> > And
> > "There are as many choices for stoves as, as many households."
> >
> > There are abundant number of Improved stoves with excellent
> > efficiency - but when it reaches the user, it is not accepted as well
> > is not SUSTAINED.
> > Kindly help me
> > Regards
> > -C.V.Krishna
> > Executive Director,
> > Creat ( Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technologies,
> > 208, Dharma Vihar, Jagamara
> > BHUBANESWAR - 751030.
> > Orissa, INDIA.
> > Tel - 0674 -2350894; 074 2434632.
> > FAX - 0674- 2380801.
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>Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Geography professor - Emeritus
>Telephone:  USA-309-452-7072 (residence and office)
>Internet site:  www.ilstu.edu/~psanders
>For my gasifier stoves info, go to:
>http://bioenergylists.org/contributors#Paul_Anderson
>
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