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    Energy is a big part of our lives. We are heating our homes with natural gas or electricity and driving to and from work and any other outdoors activities. Our main source of the energy people use is fossil fuels and in the future, the availability of those sources has an end date. As studies show there are renewable resources of fuel and other equipment used for energy like wind, nuclear power plants and solar hydroelectric. There are many pros and cons to all forms of energy source, and they

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    install a carbon monoxide alarm. Also, make sure that you are keeping your fuel burning appliances at the right level of maintenance. What are some other sources of carbon monoxide? In essence, carbon monoxide will be produced whenever you burn material. If you have a fuel burning appliance or an attached garage, you have increased chances for needing a CO alarm. What common sources produce carbon monoxide? Wood Stoves Water Heaters Clothes Dryers Power Generators

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    primary source of energy for 2.7 billion people worldwide (IEA, 2010). “Half of all wood harvested worldwide is used for fuel and accounts for 9 percent of global primary energy” (Bailis et al. 2015). Harnessing this energy in an efficient, sustainable manner is of the utmost importance to combat climate change, global warming and public health issues. In developing countries, the cookstoves used for burning woody biomass are rudimentary in design and inefficient in thermal production and fuel

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    chemical, physical or biological agents which influence the natural composition of the atmosphere. Wood smoke contains irritants, systemic toxins and carcinogens. Burning of wood for heating, cooking, and lightening results in exposure to such pollutants as fine particles and carbon monoxide (http://www.who.int/). It was also found that high amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in wood smoke, produce high levels of free radicals, DNA damage as well as inflammatory and oxidative stress

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    Health Organization (WHO) has called it “the most important global environmental health risk today”. HAP is air pollution that is produced inside the home due to cooking, lightening, and heating needs and is typically the result of burning biomass fuels such as wood or coal, which produces “products of incomplete combustion such as carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM).” Behaviors such as smoking indoors also contribute to poor indoor air quality. The worldwide impact of HAP is massive, with

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    tired of putting firewood in your stove every few hours. Well the good news is, it'll be over before you know it. Most people around here like to wait til the last minute before gathering firewood for the cold season. Those who purchase firewood locally, will run into problems because everyone is calling at once and the seller runs out of dry, seasoned wood. Wet, green, firewood will burn, although it mainly smolders, which leads to creasote build up in the stove pipe, and/or chimney. This alone

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    recliner chair, you retake a seat and relax in the front of a lovely fire. The conventional-fashion mantelpiece is extraordinary with an antique o.K.Mantel and rich brown brickwork. Your eyes settle on the hearth this is aglow with golden flames, burning logs, and smoldering purple coals. As the flames flicker and dance and the warm temperature embrace you with simply the proper quantity of heat, you smile and say, ‘This electric fire is one of the exceptional investments I've ever made.’ And

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    In house women’s activities invariably revolve around the kitchen stove into the house and any improvement in the design of the traditional chulha (stove) will help in reducing the fuel intake and the inconvenience of smoke and soot. Smokeless chulha which is the modern chulha or stove is a cooking stove mainly used in the village area that can be made with locally available material like cow dung, clay, soil, chimney pipe and net iron plate. (Naeher et al., 2007; Smith, 2006; WHO, 2006). In villages

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