Project Surya: Reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a white paper
This document contains the White paper on Project Surya, aiming at reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a controlled and practical experiment in rural India. Project Surya will deploy inexpensive solar and other energy-efficient cookers in rural India and document their role in reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and soot. Carbon dioxide and elemental carbon in soot, two by-products of fossil fuel combustion, biofuel cooking and biomass burning contribute as much as 70% to the global warming. In addition, soot has well- documented detrimental effects on human health, agricultural productivity, and water budgets at local, regional and global scales. Source: http://www.projectsurya.org/storage/Surya-WhitePaper.pdf