Low greenhouse gas biomass options for cooking in the developing countries

Bhattacharya, S.C.; Salam, P. Abdul

doi:10.1016/s0961-9534(02)00008-9

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“…(1994) provide an excellent survey of the programs put in place before 1994, as well as the lessons that could be learned from those programs, while Bhattacharya and Abdul-Salam (2002) Unfortunately, as discussed in Barnes et al (1994) and Shanko et al (2009), the efforts to disseminate various types of fuel-saving technologies have faced different problems at different times. For example, som e of the stove program s were not successf ul, due to problems related to the stove itself (technical problems); other programs were not successful, due to a lack of understanding of consumer tastes; still other programs were not successful, due to the lack of an appropriate promotion strategy.…”

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Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Beyene

Koch

2013

Energy Economics

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The heavy dependence and inefficient utilization of biomass resources have contributed to the depletion of forest resources in Ethiopia, while the use of traditional cooking technology, one source of inefficient biomass resource use, has been linked to indoor air pollution and poor health. In response, the government and other institutions have pushed for the adoption of new cooking technologies. This research examines the speed of adoption of Mirt and Lakech cook stoves -two examples of new cooking technologies -in urban Ethiopia. In terms of the duration analysis, adoption has been increasing over time; income and wealth are important contributors to adoption, and substitute technologies tend to hinder adoption. However, it was not possible to consider prices or perceptions related to either the technologies or biomass availability in the duration models, and, therefore, additional research is needed to inform policy further with respect to household technology adoption decisions.

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Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Beyene

Koch

2013

Energy Economics

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“…The fuelwood use was considered to be carbon-neutral, yet would still release gases such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), particularly if the combustion is incomplete for the latter two gases (Bhattacharya and Abdul Salam, 2002;Schwaiger and Schlamadinger, 1998). We considered the emissions of CH 4 and N 2 O due to fuelwood consumption using the associated emission factors for cooking and heating provided by Bhattacharya …”

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Ecological Consequences of Changing Fuelwood Consumption Patterns in Remote Villages of Northwestern China

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Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. Consumption of ecosystem goods and services is the foundation of coupled human-natural systems. This paper reported the change in fuelwood consumption in remote northwestern Chinese villages and the ecological consequences that have occurred as a result of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP), one of China's biggest ecological restoration programs. We conducted this study using structured questionnaires that collected data on fuelwood consumption in 1999 and 2008. For these villages, fuelwood was the most important fuel source (84% of total fuel consumption in 1999). The SLCP restricted cutting of forests, so fuelwood consumption decreased to 39% of the 1999 total by 2008. In response to this decrease and increased planting of trees, the forest area increased. However, a spatial imbalance in fuelwood consumption persisted; the remaining demand for fuelwood meant that forests near villages were under high pressure, with harvesting often exceeding the natural productivity. To meet the demand for fuel and replace the fuelwood, coal consumption increased by 562%. The switch from fuelwood to coal increased CO 2 emissions by 339% from 1999 to 2008. These results have clear consequences for the region's ecology and suggest the need to take measures to account for the consequences of the SLCP.

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“…The rice husks are burned just enough to convert the fuel into char and allow the oxygen in the air and other generated gases during the process to react with the carbon in the char at a higher temperature to produce combustible carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H 2 ), and methane (CH 4 ) [8][9][10][11]. Other gases, like carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water vapour (H 2 O) which are not combustible, are also produced during gasification [8][9][10][11]. By controlling the air supply with a small fan, the amount of air necessary to gasify rice husks is achieved.…”

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