How viable is biogas as a substitute to biomass in rural uganda?

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How viable is biogas as a substitute to biomass in rural uganda? by Mind Map: How viable is biogas as a substitute to biomass in rural uganda?

1. How easy/hard is this transition?

1.1. What is the cost of acquiring this biogas plants?

1.2. Can a householder in rural Uganda be able to afford this biogas system?

1.3. How necessary/urgent is this transition?

1.4. Is there anyone attempting to promote the transition in rural Uganda?

2. Discussion and conclusion

2.1. What are areas of further research

2.2. What recommendations are made for the proper use of the plants

3. Why does biomass need a substitute?

3.1. Has it been done before?

3.2. What are the disadvantages of biomass

3.3. What are the statistics on the amount of biomass used per year and what does this mean for the environment?

4. Why biogas?

4.1. What are its benefits over biomass

4.2. Does it have potential in rural uganda

4.3. Are there any success stories on biogas in uganda? Or vice versa

4.4. Are there any cases of leapfrogging to biogas in uganda... if not why?

4.5. At what different scales has this biogas been implemented in Uganda

5. What is known about biogas in Uganda?

5.1. How does it compare to other sources of energy?

5.2. What is the penetration of biogas in uganda compared to other alternatives?

5.3. Why is its penetration low or high in certain instances

5.4. Are there scenarios around the world with high biogas adoption and why?

5.5. How does biogas rank in the energy supply of uganda?

5.6. Who is promoting biogas in Uganda and why?

6. Why is biomass still resilient in uganda?

6.1. What are the benefits of biomass

6.2. What makes biogas fail to meet the same benefits?

6.3. What is the perception of biogas?

7. What was discovered during the field survey?

7.1. How many users were actively using the plants

7.2. How many users were contented with the system

7.3. How many users were able to switch completely from biomass

7.4. If not, how much biomass use was reduced as a result of biogas adoption

7.5. What were some of the shortfalls?

7.6. Why do they still use biomass

7.7. What new information/ peculiarities have been observed?

7.8. Are they using the biogas plants the right way

7.9. Do the results match the findings in the literature review?