LuciaStove and Biochar on Good Morning Sierra Leone part I

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Get a teleprompter!

[MrSchpankme]

ALL oil producing countries Flash-Off (to burn in the atmosphere) more Natural Gas then they can use in one year; and here we watch people having to cook on Bio Type Stoves. Thank you for providing this stove opportunity, to these deserving people. You may need to do the same to the American Population after the Economic Crash.

[tamahck]

Ciao Nat,

sono Emanuele, il ragazzo di Verona che era venuto tempo fa a Tortona.

Ti faccio tantissimi complimenti per tutti i tuoi successi che stai avendo.

Ti seguo sempre e sono tuttora innamorato della LuciaStove.

[buttkracken]

I hope they put a more stable base on the stove. If it is prone to tip over, you will have many serious burns of women and children. Maybe some wire or rod feet would be in order.

[WorldStove]

@buttkracken Thanks for the comment. The stove you see in the video is only the base unit. Kinda like a motor without the chassis or wheels. Each country we go to we study local cooking traditions and then adapt to how people like to cook there. For an example of one adaptation check out the video called a Togolese LuciaStove

[eddiefreddie39]

It's an exquisitly simple design. Bravo. Can it burn dried animal dung chips ? If they could start a grass or hemp farm , then donate a pellet mill , to create a pellet fuel market...jobs. The US produces millions of tons of pellet fuel . God bless those people. Burried alive by a mudslide is so sad.

[WorldStove]

@eddiefreddie39 Thank you Eddie! Yup, the LuciaStoves can be “tuned” to run on almost any dry biomass even dung chips. They work best if you have just one feed stock to tune to and dung works great, if it is not a cultural taboo. The LuciaStoves in Mongolia use only sheep dung. Sheep and goats are handy because they do a nice job of pelletizing,

[WorldStove]

@eddiefreddie39 pellet mills are the way to go if you ask me, because if people stop using charcoal to cook it’s a great thing for the environment but not so good for the people who make their living making and selling charcoal. Pellet mills allow people to keep jobs and create new jobs for people who have non now.

As for the poor people who lost their lives … it is a tragically common occurrence due to deforestation.

[marthale7]

Great video, this stove combined with solar cookers are a great means of moving forward. Also they should start planting trees like Moringa and Neem that will help replace those cut down. Good step forward.

[WorldStove]

@marthale7 Thank you Marthale, I am in complete agreement, replanting is a must but up until now reforestation programs have had problems because of high seedling dieout rates and the fact that trees are cut for fuel even when small. By using elephant grasses and palm waste people can let the newly planted trees grow.

Our partners and Njala University and CORD Sierra Leone are looking at reforestation and training people to cook traditional dishes without using wood.

[WorldStove]

@marthale7 would very much like to learn more about Neem and Moringa

[marthale7]

@WorldStove Look at both on youtube search Moringa, and search Neem. I am now growing Moringa because it has HIGH nutrition, and grows FAST. I bought one 3 inch tall back in Febuary and it is now over 6 feet tall. The seeds can be used to purify water. Neem, natural pesticide, and fungicide. Takes a long time to grow, but used in India for pest control works wonders. Also good for skin, also look for it here on youtube.

[WorldStove]

@marthale7 Thank you for the wonderful tip. I’ve been reading up on Moringa. What an incredibly useful plant, and so well suited for many of the countries where we are doing LuciaStove projects.

Will keep you posted on some field tests.

[deezynar]

It's great that the folks in Sierra Leone are having a meaningful discussion about this stove.

The statistic you gave about how many people die each year from cooking stove smoke is astonishing! Anything that reduces that # is a blessing. Plus, the stove conserves trees, which reduces erosion issues, AND it produces a "waste product" that's a fertilizer! Very impressive.

What's your opinion on the comparative benefits of your stove & solar cookers?

[WorldStove]

@deezynar I agree, I could be happier about the fact that Sierra Leone has really embraced the project at both a grass roots and national level. As an engineer I love solar cookers for their simplicity and environmental benefits, as a glutton and out of respect to all people, I like that we adapt the LuciaStoves to local cooking traditions.

[WorldStove]

@deezynar It just makes sense (and increases acceptance rates) to adapt the technology to the people and cooking traditions rather than force people to give up their traditions to adapt to a new technology. Humbling that a country that has seen such tragedy can have such meaningful discussion about these cooking options.