Description: Forthcoming book by Gautam Yadama exploring the complex nexus of energy, poverty, ecology, environment, gender inequality, and technology in rural India.
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Every day, inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people strike matches, light fires, prepare meals, heat their homes.
The rudimentary stoves they use burn biomass like firewood, crop residue, charcoal, and animal dung, releasing dense black soot into their homes and the environment.
Every part of this process — from the hunt for fuel to its daily burning — has staggering consequences.