A model of household energy services in a low-income rural African village
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2005
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Energy Policy
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Elsevier
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University of Cape Town
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Energy use is closely linked to quality of life in rural Africa. The gathering of fuel-wood and other traditional fuels is a strenuous and time consuming task mainly performed by women; indoor exposure to particulate matter, mainly from cooking and heating with traditional fuels, causes about 2.5 million deaths each year in developing countries (Bruce et al., Bull World Org. 78 (2000) 1078). Modern fuels and appliances allow households to reduce their exposure to smoke from biomass cookers and heaters. Yet modern fuels are costly for income-poor households and often carry their own external costs. For example, numerous children are poisoned from ingesting paraffin, and whole villages have burned from fires triggered by paraffin stoves and lamps.
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Howells, M. I., Alfstad, T., Victor, D. G., Goldstein, G., & Remme, U. (2005). A model of household energy services in a low-income rural African village. Energy Policy, 33(14), 1833-1851.