No smoke without fire

No smoke without fire

In all the debate about Nepal’s increasing fuel imports from India and the country’s growing carbon footprint, what gets lost is that nearly 80% of the energy consumed in the country is from burning biomass, a fancy name for firewood, agriculture residue and dried cattle dung.

The use of petroleum products is a distant second at 12.5%, while electricity and renewable sources like solar power account for about 3.4% and 2.5% of the total energy used.

more detail:
https://www.nepalitimes.com/opinion/no-smoke-without-fire/