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Charcoal is one of the most used fuels in the country. It produces large amounts of heat at a very low cost. People using LPG in cooking are now looking into the use of charcoal since the prices of LPG is increasing. However, the use of wood as charcoal may contribute to the depletion of trees. Nowadays, there is an increase in pressure on forests as people cut down tress for firewood and other purposes.
Using other organic materials for charcoal may contribute to the prevention of the continuous depletion of our trees. The development of the use of banana peeling as charcoal is one way of finding an alternative to wood used as charcoal. The study,”The Effectiveness of the Banana Peeling Charcoal as a Substitute for Commercial Charcoal in Cooking Rice”, aimed to find out if banana peeling charcoal is a good substitute commercial charcoal in cooking rice.
The study compared the cooking time of rice using banana peeling charcoal and commercial charcoal in cooking. In obtaining the data for the study, two identical aluminum cauldrons with the same amounts of rice were simultaneously cooked. One used banana peeling charcoal and the other used the commercial charcoal.
The conclusion was that the banana peeling charcoal can be used as a substitute to commercial charcoal for it has more or less the same cooking time with the commercial charcoal.