Globally, more than 3 billion people depend on biomass and coal to meet their basic energy needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting, and, depending on climatic conditions, space-heating.
Worldwide, 2.4 billion people continue to depend on biomass fuels (wood, dung, agricultural residues) to be able to meet their basic energy needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting and, depending on climatic conditions, space-heating [ International Energy Agency IEAandand Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 2004].
Despite the abundance of renewable, environmentally friendly energy sources [9], about three billion people worldwide still use solid fuels for their basic needs which include cooking, boiling water and space heating.
Seeds should be left whole and crushed only when needed for cooking.
"Approximately 1.3 billion people on our planet still do not have access to electricity for basic needs like clean water, cooking, sanitation, light, or for the safe storage of food and medicine," Tillerson said last year.
This can help households avoid paying exorbitant energy bills at the end of the month, something that the poor may not be able to afford even for basic needs like heating and cooking.
Not that she needs it for cooking.
People's basic water needs for drinking, cooking and hygiene are usually met if they can reach a public water source, collect water and return to their homes within 30 minutes; if the round trip is longer than 30 minutes, people tend to fetch less water than they need.
A good basic cookbook is helpful for cooking.
