[Stoves] Billion Stoves Program (Karin Troncoso)

[cornelio torrijos]

Hello Paul, and Stovers,

Assuming a world population of 6.6 billion and an average family/household
size of 5, there would be in use already 1.32 billion stoves.

Perhaps 500 million or more of the existing stoves need improving to become
substantially cleaner and more efficient. That is a lot of work and
opportunity for the 2,000 or so stovers in this list.

It is encouraging to see that developed and less developed countries are
working together to make millions of stoves better.

The rich and the poor no longer live so far from each other because physical
travel time has speeded up and then there is documentary film and television
and the internet which allows us to see in great detail how other families
live.

In this topic of biomass fueled stove I am a wide eyed wanderer, enjoying
witnessing the discoveries, successes and even failures (from which we can
learn) of the many who are working hard to make our planet a better, safer
place.

My own concept of biomass cook stoves has expanded from stove
design/production/marketing to biomass fuels production/distribution.

Cornel

On 3/12/07, psanders at ilstu.edu <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Kevin and all,
>
> Quoting Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm at ca.inter.net>:
>
> Snip>>
> >
> > We on this List are a world apart from the people we wish to help.
> > Our opinions of what would be a good program name are not nearly as
> > important as the opinion of the Mother in Kanchan's photo.
>
> To the contrary.  The woman in the photo is interested in ONE stove, the
> one
> that should be HER stove.  She is not interested in any world-wide program
> or
> in whatever name that program has.
>
> The name "Billion Stoves" program is for the people who are affluent and
> who
> need to get excited about doing something to help the billion households
> that
> need better stoves.  Everyone in the Affluent World does realize that the
> people do have some sort of "cooking arrangement".  But to the people
> in Europe
> and North America, a "three-stove-fire" is not really a "stove", it is
> more of a
> campfire.
>
> Our message (the marketing of the idea) about needing a "billion stoves"
> is
> really for the affluent, not for the target population that needs
> stoves.  The
> stove recipients will want "clean safe, etc. stoves", but only one or two
> for
> the home, or maybe 50 for the village.
>
> Paul
>
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