Saturday, September 12, 2009

A Stove that Runs on Straw instead of Coal

The problem: poor mountain families in China have to haul huge loads of firewood for their cooking stoves. The solution: a new type of stove that runs on straw and other crop waste -- first by heating them, then burning the resulting gas. And since Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio-energy Technology's $50 stove emits eight fewer tons a year of carbon dioxide than a coal stove does, the device is easing deforestation while helping China, the world's largest greenhouse gas producer, reduce its heavy carbon load. by Austin Ramzy, Time magazine, Sept. 21st, 2009

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