[Stoves] Fuel specific Stoves

[adkarve]

Dear Stovers,
we must have stoves designed for specific fuels used in a particular region.
I site here two examples. In the Tibetan plateau and the Indian region of
Ladakh, there are no trees. Yak dung is the only fuel available free of cost
to the people in these regions. In my own state of Maharashtra, we have
almost 2 million hectares under cotton. Cotton stalks serve almost
exclusively as domestic fuel in this region. They are stacked in heaps
larger than the people's houses, and used throughout the year. Even landless
people use them, because they are allowed to carry away the stalks uprooted
by them from a field. This custom provides the landless poor with free fuel
and it clears the fields of the farmers for the next crop. Under such
circumstances, it is imperative to develop stoves specifically for the fuel
that people use and not to give them stoves developed by using a standard
fuel. We should also test the stoves in the laboratory with the
regio-specific fuel.
Yours
A.D.Karve