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Why Haiti? Why now? Why stoves?
Emergency
Energy
Relief
&
Long
Term
Development
To
provide
ethanol
fuel
and
CleanCook
stoves
to
Haitian
families
for
immediate
cooking
needs
and
to
revive
the
local
ethanol
industry
by
developing
a
market
for
household
cooking
fuel.
Project Gaia & Haiti
•
Haiti
is
more
than
98%
deforested.
•
More
than
70%
of
people
rely
on
charcoal
or
firewood
to
cook.
The
sustainable
supply
of
these
fuels
is
in
doubt.
•
Since
the
earthquake,
families
must
spend
more
than
40%
of
their
income
on
charcoal.
•
The
price
of
all
fuels
has
increased
drama
‐
tically
since
the
earthquake.
More
fuel
options
are
needed.
•
Haiti
is
ideally
suited
to
produce
ethanol:
mills
&
distilleries
are
already
in
place.
•
One
million
tons
of
sugar
cane
(down
from
3
million
in
1987)
are
produced
annually
to
support
the
start
‐
up
of
a
cooking
fuel
industry.
•
Ethanol
is
cheaper
than
the
alternatives:
LPG,
kerosene
and
charcoal.
It
is
renewable.
•
Ethanol
is
safe
and
clean.
Families
value
a
modern
convenient
and
owerful
stove.
Help for Haiti CHECKLIST:
Food (rice)
Water
Shelter (tents)
Pots, pans, utensils
But how to cook? Where willthe energy come from to cookthe food?
This
stove
operates
at
1.5
kW
burner
power
with
turn
‐
down
to
1/5.
Performs
like
an
LPG
stove
but
without
pressure.
Safest
stove
in
market.
High
efficiency,
low
Global
Warming
Commit
‐
ment.
One
liter
of
hydrous
ethanol
provides
a
day
of
cooking
for
a
family
of
5.
No
smoke,
soot
or
dangerous
gases
are
produced.
Has
been
extensively
tested
and
used
in
Africa
and
Brazil.
Solution:
the
CleanCook
stove!
To
Build
Back
Better
,
energy
needs
must
be
considered
an
essential
element
in
rebuilding
Haiti’s
lives,
forests,
incomes
and
economy.
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