[Stoves] Improved cook stoves and carbon footprint

[Jeff Davis]

Dear George and Crispin,


I have found that it boils down to our methods being at fault, not the fuel.

A wide paint brush isn't always your best tool.



Regards,


Jeff



> Dear George
>
> The short answer is that not all corn can be eaten. It goes bad, it gets
> wet, it gets fusarium roseum mould, it get contaminated by rat hairs (only
> so many are allowed per kg).
>
> And if you are going to grow biofuel, who not grow something that is easy,
> understood, and pre-pelletized?
>
> In Ontario, 18 months ago, corn was quite a bit cheaper than firewood,
> delivered. About $110 per ton.
>
> Switchgrass is also a good biofuel and arrives after season one.  However
> you can't grow good switchgrass and eat the fresh stuff, burning the old
> stock you don't want any more whereas with corn, you can. It is all
> biomass.
>
> Regards
> Crispin


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA