So You Think OWBs Are Bad?

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BrotherBart

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Not just in Tibet or just yak dung. Cow dung is used extensively for cooking throughout India. There are many more people there and the resulting pollution in winter is astoundingly bad.

This is not fog, it's pure smog.
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You see these mounds and stacks everywhere. Poophauzen.
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They are not properly seasoning their dung. They are burning "green" Dung.
 
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Lol wonder what you could do with truly dry dung and a rocket stove.
 
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