Propane in Haiti

They are many Haitians in Haiti who buy a gas oven to cook with propane gas and yet they still use charcoal in the back yard kitchen to cook pretty much everything. What is up with that?

Many people in Haiti admit that it is cheaper to cook with propane than it is cook with charcoal. So why is it they can't let go of the old habit.

Some say they only use "charbon" to boil beans (mwen itilize chabon pou bouyi pwa)... Whatever...

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Haiti Energy Update -- More and more tap-tap owners are converting their gasoline powered taxi over to PROPANE... One of the biggest expense of a Haitian tap-tap driver is the cost of gasoline. One driver who converted his tap-tap over to PROPANE admit saving 400 gourdes per day...

While I pulled over at a Bon Repos pumping station to fill up our propane powered Sports Utility Vehicle, I noticed there was a tap-tap inline waiting...

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