Talk:Biomass cook stove

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[edit] Misleading/ambiguous info about fuel consumption

I beleive the following to be misleading: The first way to reduce the amount of fuel a family consumes is simply to use a cooking lid while cooking, which by itself reduces fuel consumption by 40%. This simple change will normally save more fuel by itself than switching to an improved stove.

Reduces fuel consumption by 40% during which phase of cooking? Pool boiling? Simmering? Frying? Simply stating that a lid reduces fuel consumption by 40% is not strictly true in all cases. It also does not take into account actual use of the stove, for example what type of food is being cooked, the necessary temperature for cooking the food, cooking length, etc. These factors have a large impact on the fuel rate, and are not necessarily altered significantly by a pot lid.

--Penn 129.186.195.232 02:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Discussion

The merger discussion can be found at the Cooker talk page - Jeremy (Jerem43 21:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] definition

I think this is an admirable article that ought to be under some other title (like High-efficiency cookstoves) since it mostly seems to be about conserving energy resources in underdeveloped nations rather the actual definition, my dictionary defines cook stove "as a stove for cooking". Awotter (talk) 02:51, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

How about "Biomass Cook Stoves" :) Brimba (talk) 04:06, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Unless that's a proper name, and I don't believe it is, it should not be all-uppercase. Also, please double-check to make sure that you don't leave any double redirects hanging around when you move pages. Ewlyahoocom (talk) 10:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC)