Building a Better Cook Stove

Building a Better Cook Stove for the World’s Poor
Envirofit International plans to begin selling a clean-burning stove in southern India in May. Transcript of radio broadcast:
17 March 2008

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

Breathing smoke from cooking stoves or open fires is a common cause of lung infections in developing countries. Indoor air pollution is blamed for an estimated four thousand deaths every day, mostly women and children.

A nonprofit group based in the American state of Colorado is working to save lives. Researchers at Envirofit International have developed a clean-burning cook stove that uses less fuel and reduces smoke.

They say it cuts the smoke and dangerous gases by up to eighty percent compared to open fires or simple traditional stoves. The cook stove was designed to produce the greatest amount of heat in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of fuel. It can burn wood, animal waste or crop waste.

The Shell Foundation has formed a partnership with Envirofit to market the cook stoves. The British charity, established by the Shell Group in the year two thousand, has invested ten million dollars in a pilot project for India.

Martha Kohlhagen at Envirofit tells us that as many as ten million stoves will be sent to southern India by the end of this year. She says the stoves are being manufactured in China and will begin arriving in May. The stoves are designed to have a lifetime of up to three years at a cost of about fifteen dollars.

After India, the plan is to market them to China and Brazil, and to other countries around the world. Envirofit expects twenty-five million dollars from the Shell Foundation and other donors over the next five years to support its efforts.

Nongovernmental organizations and local stores, in some cases, will sell the stoves in villages. The price in different countries will be based on demand and local economic conditions.

Martha Kohlhagen says Envirofit will also work with local micro lending organizations to help support the sale of the stoves.

Envirofit says it will use any future profits from the stoves for further research and development. The group wants to develop combination technology, to be able use energy from the cook stove to provide things like heat or light.

Two students at Colorado State University, Tim Bauer and Nathan Lorenz, started Envirofit International in two thousand three. The group has ties to the university. Envirofit developed from research work in the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State.

And that’s the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss.


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建设一个更美好的库克另起炉灶，为世界上的穷人
envirofit国际计划出售的清洁燃烧炉，在印度南部的五月。全文电台广播：
2008年3月17日

这是美国之音特别英语的发展报告。

呼吸烟雾从炉灶或明火，是一个共同事业的肺部感染，在发展中国家。室内空气污染是造成大约4000人死亡，每一天，其中大多数是妇女和儿童。

一个非营利性组织总部设在美国科罗拉多州正在努力挽救生命。研究者在envirofit国际开发了清洁燃烧库克炉灶使用较少的燃料，并减少吸烟。

他们说，这个裁员的烟雾，危险气体达80 ％相比，明火或简单的传统炉灶。库克炉灶，是旨在产生大量的热量在最短的时间内，并与最少量的燃料。它可以燃烧木材，动物废弃物或作物秸秆的浪费。

壳牌基金会已经成立了一个合作伙伴envirofit市场库克炉灶。英国慈善机构，成立了由壳牌集团，在今年2000 ，已投资一千万美元在一个试点项目，为印度。

玛莎kohlhagen在envirofit告诉我们，有多达一千万的火炉将被派往印度南部由今年年底。她说，火炉正在制造的，在中国，将开始抵达。该炉设计有一个寿命可长达3年，耗资约15美元。

后，印度的这项计划是向市场，他们对中国和巴西，以及世界其他国家。 envirofit预计2500.0万美元由壳牌基金会和其他捐助者在未来五年内，以支持其努力。

民间组织和当地商店，在某些情况下，将出售火炉村庄。价格在不同的国家，将根据需求和当地的经济条件。

玛莎kohlhagen说envirofit也将与当地的小额贷款组织，以帮助支持出售该炉灶。

envirofit说，它会使用任何未来的利润从炉灶，为进一步研究和发展。集团要发展组合技术，以期能够利用能源，从库克炉灶提供的东西，如热或轻。

两名学生在科罗拉多州立大学，添宝华及弥敦道洛伦茨，开始envirofit国际在2000 3 。该集团有联系的大学。 envirofit开发研究工作，在发动机和能量转换实验室在科罗拉多州。

这也是该美国之音特别英语发展报告撰写的吉尔苔。