Did you know that women in India use dung patties to clean with heat their homes with and cook with? have any of you used dung patties and if so did the smell really bad?
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I believe that this is true...but they have done it for centuries at least, so it must work just fine.
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In rural India, dung patties are used for fuel, mostly by the poor. It is not limited to women. These areas do not have electricity or natural gas supplies. The heat source for the house is also the source of cooking heat. These people are often lucky to scrape 2 square meals a day. Dung is a cheap, renewable energy source. Wood is expensive, not in plentiful supply, and with 1.3 billion people (700 million of them in rural areas) cutting and burning wood, the forests would cease to exist in a matter of years. This does not happen in the urban areas among the middle and upper classes. I haven't seen it even among the poor here in Bangalore. Indeed, I have not once seen this since I came to India in February. I have not heard of anyone cleaning with them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6279929.stm http://traveldoug.com/97india1.htm http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2003/a_drum_an_indian_folk_tale.html I've not used them myself, but they are dried before they are used, and I've not heard of a particular smell associated with it.
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I've used them as a frisbee on numerous occasions but be careful , ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES !!!
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Native Americans and probably settlers in the 'old west' used buffalo chips for their fires. I would imagine that people in India use the ones from cows and since their diet is primarily grass and grains it would stand to reason that the dung would be a handy, efficient, and plentiful source of fuel. Although I have never burned dung, I would imagine that there would be no unpleasant smell after it had dried because of the diet of the 'supplier'. I have never heard of anyone cleaning with it though.
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India isn't the only country where poorer people or people with no access to electricity or even fire wood, use dried dung. It is common in many nomadic peoples, especially those that raise and use animals, roam the steppes of Mongolia or follow goat herds in Africa. It is just dried grass and brush pressed or mashed together when it is dry. There is no odor. You could use horse manure or cow patties once they are dried here in the USA if there was no firewood to keep you warm or for cooking over. IT's just heat once it's burning and smoking.
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It was common to find "Dung patties" were used by many nationalities in olden days as fuel. Yes we have used it for heating water. The smell is not bad. It gives a smokey odour.
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Some of the poorer people in India do this. The smell is not bad, it actually smells kind of good - kind of like a fresh outdoors smell. Also, it can be used as flooring in huts. It is more sanitary than regular dirt if changed out weekly.
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they are rich with their knowledge at current when america is burning their fossil fuel for electricity by producing a lotttt of co emission. in this same era they are producing electricity without effectiing a nature in efficent manner, also it is veryy useful in manufacturing of fertilizer it doesnt hv bad odour i dont find that there is any prb in it we all are nature ,just we have a great knowledge abt many thing which is given by nature which i s unexplainable and not mention in ur google and other internet come here and explore that call me whenever u want to visit
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