Gould Carlos F, Urpelainen Johannes
Columbia University.
Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Energy Policy. 2018 Nov;122:395-408. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.07.042. Epub 2018 Aug 8.
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is by far the most popular clean cooking fuel in rural India, but how rural households use it remains poorly understood. Using the 2014-2015 ACCESS survey with over 8,500 households from six energy-poor Indian states, we offer a broad but detailed survey of LPG use in rural India. We find that (i) fuel costs are a critical obstacle to widespread adoption, (ii) fuel stacking is the prevailing norm as few households stop using firewood when adopting LPG, and (iii) both users and non-users have highly positive views of LPG as a convenient and clean cooking fuel. These findings show that expanding LPG use offers great promise in rural India, but affordability prevents a complete transition from traditional biomass to clean cooking fuels.
液化石油气(LPG)是目前印度农村地区最受欢迎的清洁烹饪燃料,但农村家庭如何使用这种燃料仍鲜为人知。利用2014 - 2015年ACCESS调查,该调查涵盖了印度六个能源匮乏邦的8500多户家庭,我们对印度农村地区的液化石油气使用情况进行了广泛而详细的调查。我们发现:(i)燃料成本是广泛采用液化石油气的关键障碍;(ii)燃料堆叠是普遍现象,因为很少有家庭在采用液化石油气后停止使用柴火;(iii)无论是使用者还是非使用者,都对液化石油气作为一种方便且清洁的烹饪燃料给予高度评价。这些研究结果表明,扩大液化石油气的使用在印度农村地区前景广阔,但可承受性阻碍了从传统生物质燃料向清洁烹饪燃料的完全转变。