Frequently Asked Questions on Cooking Technologies - Revision history

Tom Schulze at 12:59, 30 April 2018

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Luis Azuaje at 09:51, 27 July 2017

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Lisafeldmann at 08:34, 27 July 2017

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Lisafeldmann at 09:12, 21 January 2016

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Caspar Priesemann at 12:55, 25 July 2014

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 == How long do the new cooking stoves last? ==
 This depends on the quality of the stove, materials used, and the way people use them. Stoves will be well maintained if they are valued by the users and if they have been introduced appropriately. The lifetime of certain types of stoves can vary between six months and six years or more. Generally stoves should last at least for two years because they are otherwise broken before people have grown accustomed. They may then not be replaced by the user.
 More expensive stoves that last longer are often cheaper throughout their lifetimes than cheaper stoves, but people often do not have the necessary up-front capital available to buy the stoves without the availability of soft loan or revolving finance through banks or micro-finance institutes.
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 == Is woodfuel a renewable energy source? ==
 Woodfuel is a renewable energy source only if the same amount of wood that was cut down is allowed to grow back. It is therefore important that tree-planting is integrated in a project intervention. If woodfuel is to be sustainable it should furthermore be ensured that it burns cleanly as its polluting products – such as smoke particles and volatiles emitted by the wood - are dependent on the combustion procedure of the wood.
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 == Aren’t there more important issues than stoves? ==
 This depends on the context. For example, dealing with a famine, drought, or pandemic is more important than introducing improved cooking stoves. However, household energy is a central aspect of life, with a direct influence on the well-being of human beings and, as such, on the development of society as a whole. It has been shown that a moderate improvement in this area can have widespread impacts. These often benefit women, who tend to be in a disadvantaged position within the family.
 In the end, it is the people who have the right to decide what is important to them. If they realise the serious health risks of smoke, and the options available that will allow them more spare time, save money, and reduce their negative health impact they may wish to make cooking stoves a priority.
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 == Does it make sense to support wood stoves instead of changing to gas and other modern energies? ==
 Globally, the number of people relying on biomass for cooking is around 2.6 billion. Although most people would prefer to change to so called ’modern’ energies like gas or electricity, they often cannot afford to do so, either because they currently gather fuel free of charge or because the stove is too expensive. Furthermore, ‘modern’ fuels are often not available, particularly in rural areas.
 Worldwide, the number of people using biomass is not expected to fall until 2030. In particular the growing low-income population will remain dependent on wood, charcoal and other biomass fuels for cooking, baking or heating in the years to come. Calculations have shown that if half the world population was to have access to modern fuels by 2015, 200,000 new families would have to be supplied every day. Due to affordability, availability and mere scale of the issue, working with woody biomass is necessary for a realistic strategy that aims at improved cooking energy usage. Improved wood stoves offer a proven and successful technological improvement therein.
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-== Why is acceptance of these new technologies so difficult? ==
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-Many energy-efficient stoves require a change in behaviour for communities who have been using a three-stone fire for many, many generations. This adaptation takes time. Cooking is a very personal activity that is carried out, like a number of other domestic activities, almost subconsciously and has been learned from an early age. The users will only change their customs if they have experienced many advantages of the new technology over a period of time.
+Introducing an energy-efficient stoves requires a behaviour change for communities who have been used to a three-stone fire. This adaptation takes time. Cooking is a very personal activity that, like a number of other domestic activities, is deeply embedded in the cultural behaviour of the individual user. Customs are only changed if the user perceives advantages of the new technology over a prolonged period of time.
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 == Do modern stoves not destroy cultural traditions? ==
-It is indeed true that the use of new, energy-efficient stoves often means changing age-old cooking traditions. People will only get used to the new ways and integrate these into their socio-cultural organisation if they see the benefits, particularly for their children. However, people are ready to adapt established traditions to use the new technologies if the new products have been adapted to meet their needs, and if their advantages are convincing.
+It is true that the use of new, energy-efficient stoves often means changing age-old cooking traditions. People will only get used to new habits if there are perceived benefits, for them and their children. However, people are ready to adapt established traditions to use the new technologies if the new products have been adapted to meet their needs, and if the advantages are convincing.
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+== How long do the new cooking stoves last? ==
-It depends on the build quality of the stove, the materials used, and whether people care for them. Stoves will be well looked after if they are valued by the users, and if they have been well introduced. The lifetime of certain types of stoves can vary between six months and six or more years. Generally stoves should last more than two years, otherwise they will break before people are used to them, and then they may not be replaced. More expensive stoves that last longer are often cheaper over their lifetimes than cheaper ones, but people may not have the up-front capital to buy them without some form of soft loan or revolving finance.
+This depends on the quality of the stove, materials used, and the way people use them. Stoves will be well maintained if they are valued by the users and if they have been introduced appropriately. The lifetime of certain types of stoves can vary between six months and six years or more. Generally stoves should last at least for two years because they are otherwise broken before people have grown accustomed. They may then not be replaced by the user.
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-== Is fuelwood a renewable energy source? ==
+== Is woodfuel a renewable energy source? ==
-Fuelwood is a renewable energy source only if the same amount of wood that´is harvested is grown, or forests that have been cut are replanted. It is important, therefore, that in addition to energy saving, tree-planting plays a role in the energy scenario. A further requirement is that the wood fuel burns cleanly, as its pollution products, such as smoke particles and the volatiles given off by the wood, are responsible for much more global warming than the carbon dioxide created if the wood is completely (and thus cleanly) burnt.
+Woodfuel is a renewable energy source only if the same amount of wood that was cut down is allowed to grow back. It is therefore important that tree-planting is integrated in a project intervention. If woodfuel is to be sustainable it should furthermore be ensured that it burns cleanly as its polluting products – such as smoke particles and volatiles emitted by the wood - are dependent on the combustion procedure of the wood.
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 == Aren’t there more important issues than stoves? ==
-This can be partially true for example, when dealing with a famine, a drought, or a pandemic, which would take priority over improved cooking stoves. Generally speaking, household energy is a central area of life, with a direct influence on the well-being of human beings and, as such, on the development of society. It has been shown that with only moderate input, widespread impacts that especially benefit women, and thus the whole family, are achieved. People have the right to decide what is important for them. If they realise the serious health risks of smoke, and the options available that will give them more time, money, and improved health, they may wish to make cooking stoves more of a priority.
+This depends on the context. For example, dealing with a famine, drought, or pandemic is more important than introducing improved cooking stoves. However, household energy is a central aspect of life, with a direct influence on the well-being of human beings and, as such, on the development of society as a whole. It has been shown that a moderate improvement in this area can have widespread impacts. These often benefit women, who tend to be in a disadvantaged position within the family.
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-== Does it make sense to continue supporting wood stoves instead of changing to gas and other modern energies? ==
+== Does it make sense to support wood stoves instead of changing to gas and other modern energies? ==
-Globally, the number of people relying on biomass for cooking is around 2.6 billion. Although most people would prefer to change to so called ’modern’ energies like gas or electricity, they often cannot afford to do so, either because they currently gather fuel ‘for free’, or because the stove is too expensive. In some places, particularly in rural districts, ‘modern’ fuels may not be available. Only those on higher incomes can afford them, even where clean fuels are subsidised.
+Globally, the number of people relying on biomass for cooking is around 2.6 billion. Although most people would prefer to change to so called ’modern’ energies like gas or electricity, they often cannot afford to do so, either because they currently gather fuel free of charge or because the stove is too expensive. Furthermore, ‘modern’ fuels are often not available, particularly in rural areas.
-The number of people worldwide using biomass is not expected to fall until 2030, with a growing low-income population still dependent on wood, charcoal and other biomass fuels for cooking, baking, heating and small enterprise. Calculations have shown that if, by 2015 (the date set for the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals) half the world population was to have access to modern fuels (including energy-efficient stoves), every day 200 000 new families would have to be supplied with them.
+Worldwide, the number of people using biomass is not expected to fall until 2030. In particular the growing low-income population will remain dependent on wood, charcoal and other biomass fuels for cooking, baking or heating in the years to come. Calculations have shown that if half the world population was to have access to modern fuels by 2015, 200,000 new families would have to be supplied every day. Due to affordability, availability and mere scale of the issue, working with woody biomass is necessary for a realistic strategy that aims at improved cooking energy usage. Improved wood stoves offer a proven and successful technological improvement therein.
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-This article was originally published by [http://www.giz.de/Themen/en/12941.htm GIZ HERA]. It is basically based on experiences, lessons learned and information gathered by GIZ cook stove projects. You can find more information about the authors and experts of the original “Cooking Energy Compendium” in the [[Imprint - GIZ HERA Cooking Energy Compendium|Imprint]].
+This article was originally published by [http://www.giz.de/fachexpertise/html/2769.html GIZ HERA]. It is basically based on experiences, lessons learned and information gathered by GIZ cook stove projects. You can find more information about the authors and experts of the original “Cooking Energy Compendium” in the [[Imprint - GIZ HERA Cooking Energy Compendium|Imprint]].
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 Clean renewable fuels (including ethanol and plant oils) are becoming available to many, and stoves to burn such fuels have been developed.
-Often in the past it was not the technology, but rather accessing it, that was the problem. Ways to provide access to all these technologies are now available. By working with communities rather than for them, and addressing issues around capital cost, many of the lack of uptake problems are now in the past. Through these new stoves, technical skills are passed on and income is created. All this helps to improve the quality of everyday life.
+In the past the problem was often not the technology, but rather the access to it. Ways to provide access to all these technologies are now available. By working with communities rather than for them and addressing issues around capital cost, many of the lack of uptake problems are now in the past. Through these new stoves, technical skills are passed on and income is created. All this helps to improve the quality of everyday life.
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 == Are improved stoves really saving that much? ==