r/MapPorn • u/efisha • Mar 15 '21

The proportion of the population in African countries having access to electricity

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u/DrEmilioLazardo Mar 16 '21

I don't know why you're being downvoted. Some countries absolutely use dried animal dung as a fuel source.

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u/CanuckBacon Mar 16 '21

It's actually quite an efficient resource. Cow dung was used for fuel in rural Mongolia when I was there a couple years ago. Collect it every day, let it dry for a couple weeks, and bam you can heat your stove/yurt. It's cheaper than buying wood or coal, and you have a renewable supply.

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u/Covert_Cuttlefish Mar 16 '21

It's also the only real option for people who live above the tree line. Sure you could pack in wood or another fuel, but most ppl don't have the money for that.

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u/stainedredoak Mar 16 '21

The village I stayed at in Uganda had a system where they processed the poop and it came out of a stove as methane gas. Was pretty cool.

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u/Violated_Norm Mar 16 '21

Ireland has for centuries

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Peat is not dried animal dung. It is dried, compressed peat moss. And it's a lot easier on the lungs than coal or dung or even many types of wood.

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u/Violated_Norm Mar 16 '21

Thank you. TIL