Comparing Charcoal And Wood Usages

Traditional biomasses are major fuel source for millions of people dwelling in developing countries. Use of wood dominates the biomass but they are depleting in major quantity because of excessive population. Coal, charcoal, sawdust, agricultural wastes are some other biomass used by people among them charcoal is widely used as a domestic fuel which is made in absence of oxygen by draining out all the water from wood.

Charcoals are light black residues remnants of wood which is highly carbon induced. Utilizing this energy would not be the best option for environment but they are sustainable in comparison to wood. Wood are the first products which are used directly used by burning them whereas charcoal is formed by burning the wood. Charcoals had been produced for ages and still are abundantly used in developing world. Using brick or traditional kilns, farmers lived in dense forest to produce them.

Still in countries like Sudan and Kenya, farmers and peasants make charcoal using traditional techniques. Charcoals utilization reduces smoke to much less in context with wood burning. Choosing correct type of kiln for charcoal production is necessary and it determines the quality of charcoals. Through the guides and information provided by Practical Answers, people can use the charcoal production technique to make chars from different forest residues.

Sugar cane Bagasse, Sawdust Coconut and coffee husk, Wattle bark, Macadamia nut shell also have potential for charcoal production. Helping through its technical information, Practical Answers provides its informative guide online. The guides were used by people of Kenya and Sudan to access all the information on charcoal production from selecting the best type of kilns for quality charcoal production to the effects of charcoals on environment. Like every other energy source, charcoals also have its disadvantages but it has more merits in comparison to wood.

Utilization of charcoal is mostly done for cooking purpose in developing regions but it also is used for art, medicine, purification and filtration and horticulture. Charcoal production is mostly illegal now in many countries but they are a better fuel source for people living in poor regions than wood. Utilizing agricultural waste people could make charcoals for better energy access.

Disaster Preparedness Plans

Disasters ferocity can never be assumed or predicted which makes it essential to have knowledge and ideas on disaster or emergency management. Disaster preparedness is the only way to reduce any impact that comes along with them. Depending on the type of disaster, the prepared measures should differ as well.

Certain regions and places are more prone to disaster in comparison to others due to various reasons. For example Japan has suffered many earthquakes throughout the decades because of its location. Every country must have disaster support team which can work during time of emergencies. While developed countries are very active in such cases, developing countries lack behind. Government of developed countries understands the impacts that disasters brings and acts according to it.

Often in any disaster, it is the marginalized and poor ones who have to face the most difficulty. Since, they already live in basic income and necessity; disasters destroy everything remaining with them. Government must play the most vital role when it comes to educating and communicating with people in case of disaster. Disaster preparedness includes a lot of things including the necessity for better communication among community people to constructing better houses.

Countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Haiti and many others have always been disaster-ridden countries. Earthquakes, landslides and flood are commonly occurring events which kills thousands of people and yet government hasn't been able to do much to help them. People do not need new materials or high standard programs to aware them, all they need is information on building better houses, forming better strategies and learning effective alert systems. All these things doesn't require huge capital or money, people just need technical information which they can share together in a community.

Having a community-based program encourages people to have better understanding. Technical information can be gathered from lots of different source and Practical Answers being an online resource centre has been providing its free information to the under-privileged ones. Their information is practical which has helped many developing countries to learn about things related to pre-disaster and post-disaster.  Emergency plan during disaster is the only way to survive it.