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Figure 7. Per Capita Energy Use Rates for Cooking With Wood and High-Quality Energy Carriers Wood -600 -500 .400 I o -300 U u Z ~ (J a H N S C u s tu D 1XJ CO OS O _200 _100 For both wood stoves and stoves using high-quality energy carriers, the per capita energy use rate is expressed in Watts (an abbreviation for Watt-years per year). For wood it is also given in tonnes of dry wood per year, assuming 1 tonne of wood = 18 gigajoules, so that 1 tonne per year = 570 Watts. Source: J. Goldemberg, et ah, "Basic Needs and Much More with 1 kW per Capita," Ambio vol. 14, no. 4-5 (1985): 190-200. now used, identified ongoing structural economic changes that will shape energy demand, and explored technically and economically feasible ways to use energy more efficiently. Our analysis indicates that the global population could roughly double, that living standards could be improved far beyond satisfying basic needs in developing countries, and that economic growth in industrialized countries could continue, without increasing the level of global energy use in 2020 much above the present level. The level of global energy use identified in our scenario is far below the doubling or tripling of global energy use projected in conventional energy analyses. (See Figure 9.) Our scenario is not a prediction but, rather, a statement of what is technically and economically feasible. It could come about, facilitated by appropriate public policies. Yet, why should attention be given to alter- 12
Figure 8. A High-Efficiency Wood Stove Designed by Applying Modern Scientific and Engineering Principles to the Cooking Task Air Inlet 7.0 x 1.5 Sheet Metal .8mm Fiberglass Insulation Air Inlet 7.0 x 1.5 Fuel Inlet 3.0 x 3.0 Cross Section Viewed From the Side (Dimensions in Centimeters) Cross Section of the Bottom Viewed From Above (Dimensions in Centimeters) Recent applications of the principles of heat transfer and combustion to fuelwood cooking stove design have resulted in simple, highly efficient stoves. Typically such improved stoves can pay for themselves in fuel savings within a few months. The stove shown here, made of sheet metal and insulation, is under development at the Indian <strong>Institute</strong> of Science at Bangalore. The efficiency of this stove can be more than 40 percent compared to less than 20 percent for protected open fires. Hazardous smoke emissions would also be greatly reduced with this type of stove. Good performance is due to the use of insulation to reduce heat loss through the walls; a unique combustion chamber design that promotes mixing of air with and recirculation of unburned volatiles until combustion is complete; and a narrowing combustion chamber and a narrow pot-to-stove channel width to increase the gas velocities over the bottom and sides of the pot, thereby improving the heat transfer to the pot. Source: H.S. Mukunda and U. Shrinivasa, "Single Pan Wood Stoves of High Efficiency, Part I," July 1985; H.S. Mukunda, et. al., "Single Pan Wood Stoves of High Efficiency, Part II," December 1985 (Bangalore, India: Indian <strong>Institute</strong> of Science), Centre for the Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas. 13
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Page 7 and 8: Foreword The 1970s saw nothing less
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are controlled to protect the poor,
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plementing social goals. Far more i
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energy performance targets. Such ta
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The era of energy-demand consciousn
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more difficult to implement in deve
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Efforts to modernize bioenergy woul
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Table 24. Expenditures of Multilate
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support projects need not rely much
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These "threshold" countries are not
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Notes 1. The World Bank, World Deve
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35. H.S. Geller, The Potential for
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Figure A-l A Top-Down Representatio
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