[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 20, Issue 24

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Andrew

>Or they could wait until all
>the trees have been cut down in a 300 kilometer radius (Sorry, I just
>couldn't help myself).

In Mozambique they are transporting as far as 600 km.  I worked out the
radius that fuel is worth transporting based on the selling price and the
cost of diesel.  500 km seemed to be the limit but I hear stories from
people who make money on the return trip.

So... that gives you 4 times as much to chop as you thought!

It is astounding how rapidly the entire forest of southern Malawi
disappeared. Flying over it, it is hard to believe people got that far into
the mountains to take out nearly every stem.

If they take the subsidy off LPG, people will definitely go to alternative
fuels.  That would be a time to put some of the subsidy into the promotion
of far better stoves, or even to give free advanced tech stoves instead of a
subsidy, taking a gas stove in exchange to get them off the market.  That
might be too radical.

Regards
Crispin