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Use of liquefied petroleum gas in Puno, Peru: Fuel needs under conditions of free fuel and near-exclusive use
Energy for sustainable development, v 58, pp 150-157
01 Oct 2020
PMCID: PMC7799435
PMID: 33442225
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Abstract
Reducing the burden of household air pollution could be achieved with exclusive adoption of cleaner fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). However, we lack understanding of how much LPG is required to support exclusive use and how household characteristics affect this quantity. This paper used data from 90 participants in the Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution (CHAP) trial in Puno. Peru who received free LPG deliveries for one year. Households with a mean of four members that cooked nearly exclusively (>98%) with LPG used an average of 19.1 kg (95% CI 18.5 to 19.6) of LPG per month for tasks similar to those done with the traditional biomass stove. LPG use per month was 0.5 kg higher for each additional pig or dog owned (p = 0.003), 0.7 kg higher for each additional household member (p < 0.001), 0.3 kg higher for households in the second-lowest compared to the lowest wealth quintile (p = 0.01), and 1.1 kg higher if the household had previously received subsidized LPG (p 0.05). LPG use per month was 1.1 kg lower during the rainy season (p <0.001) and 1.7 kg lower dining the planting season (p < 0.001) compared to the cold and harvest seasons, despite the fact that LPG was not typically used for space heating. LPG use decreased by 0.05 kg per month over the course of one year after receiving the LPG stove (p = 0.02). These results suggest that achieving exclusive LPG use in Puno, Peru requires that rural residents have affordable access to an average of two 10 kg LPG tanks per month. Conducting similar investigations in other countries could help policymakers set and target LPG subsidies to ensure that households have access to enough LPG to achieve exclusive LPG use and the potential health benefits. (C) 2020 International Energy Initiative. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Use of liquefied petroleum gas in Puno, Peru: Fuel needs under conditions of free fuel and near-exclusive use
- Creators
- Kendra N. Williams - Johns Hopkins MedicineJosiah L. Kephart - Johns Hopkins UniversityMagdalena Fandino-Del-Rio - Johns Hopkins UniversityCarolyn J. O'Brien - Johns Hopkins UniversityLawrence H. Moulton - Johns Hopkins UniversityKirsten Koehler - Johns Hopkins UniversitySteven A. Harvey - Johns Hopkins UniversityWilliam Checkley - Johns Hopkins UniversityCHAP Trial Investigators
- Publication Details
- Energy for sustainable development, v 58, pp 150-157
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- UNF-16-810 / Clean Cooking Alliance of the United Nations Foundation National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) United States National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA Global Established Multidisciplinary Sites award from the Centre for Centre for Global Health, Johns Hopkins University David Leslie Swift Fund of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University T32HL007534 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) U01TW010107; U2RTW010114 / Centers for Disease Control; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA D43TW009340 / United States National Institutes of Health Research Training Grant; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA T32ES007141 / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Mental Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000580628000014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85090296948
- Other Identifier
- 991021862264404721
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