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CLEAN COOKING:

The Chronic Failure

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Priya Karve and Veena Joshi are both physicists by training. At various times in their careers, both have been deeply involved in the challenge that remains a black mark on global clean energy progress reports.

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The three-stone pit, fed with wood or other biomass, is the most basic – and most widely used – energy-conversion device in the world. Apart from being hugely inefficient, its use results in serious health, social and economic impacts, particularly for women and children. It is also a leading cause of forest degradation.

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Perhaps most striking in this podcast is that so many failures stem from fundamental disconnects between the experts and the cooks.