{"id":12564,"date":"2017-03-04t09:57:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-04t09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/fires-of-the-future-meet-the-oregon-innovators-fighting-global-pollution-with-rocket-stoves\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:35:10","slug":"fires-of-the-future-meet-the-oregon-innovators-fighting-global-pollution-with-rocket-stoves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/fires-of-the-future-meet-the-oregon-innovators-fighting-global-pollution-with-rocket-stoves\/","title":{"rendered":"fires of the future: meet the oregon innovators fighting global pollution with rocket stoves"},"content":{"rendered":"
known as the \u201cgrandfather of the rocket stove,\u201d dr. larry winiarski of corvallis, oregon, has spend most of his life \u201cplaying with fire\u201d as he calls it. raised in old mining camps that ran exclusively on giant sawdust burners, winiarski spent his childhood building fires as a boy scout and his adult career investigating wood powered cars and jet engines. but it is his invention of a clean burning and super-efficient combustion device that has perhaps had the most positive impact on the lives of thousands of people in rural and developing countries.<\/p>\n the story of the rocket stove began in 1979, when winiarski, a ph.d. graduate in mechanical engineering, was working at the epa. after his wife died in a freak traffic accident leaving him with three sons to raise, winiarski made what he called a religious vow to dedicate the rest of his life to doing the right thing.<\/p>\n \u201ci said \u2018lord i can\u2019t handle this but if you somehow help me get through this, i\u2019ll try to devote all my expertise, time and talents to where it will do real good in the world,\u2019\u201d winiarski said.<\/p>\n his search for a cause brought him in contact with aprovecho \u2014 spanish for \u201cto make best use of\u201d \u2014 a non-profit based in cottage grove, oregon, that was focused on improving cookstove technology for the approximately 3 billion<\/a> people worldwide that still cook indoors over an open fire or traditional cookstove.<\/p>\n