kerosene Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Innovative GravityLight for Developing Countries Looking for Investors https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gravitylight-gravity-lighting-investors-20130110/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gravitylight-gravity-lighting-investors-20130110/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:59:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31082 There are currently 1.5. billion people across the globe who have no reliable access to electricity. These people are instead reliant on biomass fuels, mainly kerosene, once darkness falls. Kerosene fumes are dangerous. The World Bank believes 780 children and women inhale smoke, which is essentially the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes every […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gravitylight-gravity-lighting-investors-20130110/feed/ 1 31082 Newly Identified Source of Black Carbon: Kerosene Lamps https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newly-identified-source-of-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-20121129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newly-identified-source-of-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-20121129/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:08:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29012 Kerosene lamps are known to be the main source of light for many households in most developing nations. A study conducted by researchers at UC Barkeley and University of Illinois, however, found that these lamps, although very much needed, are also a major emitter of black carbon. The lab and field results indicated 7-9% of […]

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