A Yale University workshop says improved cookstoves may not be the best solution to reducing the global warming effect of black carbon.
August 2010
The rocket stove’s rocket stove
StoveTec’s rocket stoves come in different shapes and sizes but their main product line will completely incinerate wood and charcoal. This means the stove can average a 40 – 50 percent reduction in fuel consumption and 50 – 75 percent in emissions reduction.
Can a Tanzanian venture spark a briquette revolution in Africa?
Everyone knows that telling people to voluntarily use less fossil fuels because CO2 emissions are harming the planet is a very weak motivator. But tell them they can save money, even make money, if they switch to a sustainable alternative fuels, THEN they start paying attention. In some ways, that’s what a Tanzanian non-profit is asking the country’s producers and consumers of wood and charcoal fuels to do: take biomass waste, convert it to briquettes using a simple mechanical process, and, voila, you’ve got yourself a cleaner burning, more environmentally friendly fuel for personal consumption or sale! ARTI – Tanzania Continue reading