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Theo520
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I think if the people pushing on climate change really cared for the poor, this issue would be center stage rather than on the periphery.
An international effort to replace smoky, inefficient household stoves that people commonly use in lower and middle income countries with clean, affordable, fuel efficient stoves could save nearly 2 million lives each year, according to experts from the National Institutes of Health.
In a commentary in Science, the NIH scientists noted that indoor air pollution from such inefficient stoves affects about 3 billion people-nearly half the world’s population. In addition to respiratory disease caused by smoke, the fuel needed by inefficient stoves leads to deforestation, and environmental degradation.
“Many people in developed countries don’t realize that smoke from indoor cooking fires is a terrible scourge upon the health of a large number of people,” said Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D, director of the National Institutes of Health and an author of the study . . .
Sample stove
To succeed, strategies for replacing the world’s
inefficient biomass stoves with clean, efficient
stoves must be market driven.
- The problem is solvable with basic technology
- We can save millions of lives every year NOW, not maybe in the distant future.
- We can reduce deforestation and improve the lives of the truly poor. These stoves requires significantly less fuel vs traditional cooking.
When reading, ponder why this issue is not at the center of Govt attention and the environmental movement.
Inefficient developing world stoves contribute to 2 million deaths a yearAn international effort to replace smoky, inefficient household stoves that people commonly use in lower and middle income countries with clean, affordable, fuel efficient stoves could save nearly 2 million lives each year, according to experts from the National Institutes of Health.
In a commentary in Science, the NIH scientists noted that indoor air pollution from such inefficient stoves affects about 3 billion people-nearly half the world’s population. In addition to respiratory disease caused by smoke, the fuel needed by inefficient stoves leads to deforestation, and environmental degradation.
“Many people in developed countries don’t realize that smoke from indoor cooking fires is a terrible scourge upon the health of a large number of people,” said Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D, director of the National Institutes of Health and an author of the study . . .
Sample stove
To succeed, strategies for replacing the world’s
inefficient biomass stoves with clean, efficient
stoves must be market driven.
