Kenyan Female Innovator Awarded $1.2M for Providing Clean Cooking Stove

Africa News ^ | 12/5

[Right Brigade]

Runs on jenkem..

[ptsal]

Bkmk

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Been there, done that.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

And growing.

Most of these people are good and decent people.

They need to be educated however - in just about everything.

[Openurmind]

“Looks a lot like a smokeless fire pit.”

Yep, that is exactly what it is. It takes advantage of what they call “Secondary Burn” of the gases after the first burn. Which is how a smokeless fire pit works.

[dljordan]

“maybe rocket stove, better than open fire. known for a long time.”

Yep.

[Openurmind]

It is just a micro smokeless fire pit. Not a rocket stove...

https://firepitbros.com/how-smokeless-fire-pits-work/

[Widget Jr]

The important things are these are low cost, more efficient and less wasteful than available alternatives, and needed in poorly developed countries.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Only $27. I might get one. Handy to have when Brandon ends "fossil" fuels.

[G Larry]

Ya, cuz providing them with the energy sources necessary to move to a productive, self-sufficient culture over the last 60 years, would have meant they could have benefitted from their own natural resources, and impacted the West’s ability to exploit them.

[SharpenedEdge]

Absolutely, like the rest of Wakanda does. Pure imagination, nothing remotely resembling reality.

[rlmorel]

I wonder if it burns dung cleanly.

Because that is a big problem in some of those areas. Egad.

[rlmorel]

Yes.

I was watching a video a while back, and the African physician who wanted a diesel generator would only be eligible for any kind of aid if he accepted ONLY solar panels. If he purchased or was given a diesel generator to use in his small dispensary, it made him automatically ineligible.

Just burned my ass to read that.

[Openurmind]

Yep, that is similar. Same principle!

[Openurmind]

Lol, probably burns dry dung cleanly but it still won’t smell any better. :)

[Ellendra]

For areas where wood is scarce, there are other types of stoves designed to burn things like chaff from grain crops. And in sunny areas, you can make a solar oven with anything reflective enough, including soda cans.

[Bloodandgravy]

Is this Wakanda tech?

[BfloGuy]

This must be the 20th article I’ve seen over the years for low-pollution, clean burning stoves for sub-Saharan African countries.

Me, too!

[Pollard]

Looks like it was developed by white guys................

It was and for not so white people.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I attended a “Maker Fair” a couple years ago in San Mateo, CA. A similar company was showing their breakthrough low pollution stove for sub Saharan Africa.

It strikes me as a low-tech, small-scale scam to get a good payday.