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A Simple Alternative to Charcoal

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A <strong>Simple</strong> <strong>Alternative</strong> - Background<br />

1/27/2013<br />

Advantages <strong>to</strong> <strong>Charcoal</strong><br />

Employment<br />

○ The estimated charcoal producers in<br />

Kenya is 200,000.<br />

○ Approximately 500,000 people engage<br />

in downstream-processing and trade.<br />

○ the economic value of the charcoal<br />

industry in SSA may exceed US$12<br />

billion by 2030, employing almost 12<br />

million people.<br />

Clean burning – low<br />

particulate emissions<br />

Very convenient<br />

Fuel Conservation – user can<br />

save unused fuel.<br />

Low capital production<br />

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