New Yorker magazine article on the quest for the perfect stove

The December 21st issue of The Newyorker magazine has a fascinating article about one inventor’s quest for the perfect stove for the developing world.

In typical Newyorker fashion, the story focuses on some of the quirkier aspects of the inventors of stoves and the trials and tribulations of getting these done and adopted. Still, it’s an excellent read.

The article’s author discussed the story this morning with radio talkshow host Brian Lehrer on New York’s Public Radio, WNYC. The program took one call during the interview, which came from yours truly at The Charcoal Project. In the nanosecond we had, we advocated for massive support for the global conversion to energy efficient stoves and kilns and alternative biomass fuels.

peter scott

December 22, 2009 @ 01:33

Dear J Kim

Mercy Corps brought me in last year to design a new stove for DRC. This new stove , which I call the ‘EARTH STOVE’, is now being disseminated to IDPs. It is a very simple, efficient low cost stove. Plans for the stove are available at my web site http://www.rocketstove.org.
Would be great if you could add this comment into the story to help others access the design .
best
Peter Scott

charcoalproject

December 22, 2009 @ 04:22

Dear Peter,
Thanks for the added info on this great project and the link to your site which contains tons of valuable info. In fact, it gave me idea the idea of doing a post just about the rocket stove.
I’ll ping you when it’s up.
Keep up the great work.

Regards,
Kim

The Charcoal Project