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Abstract

ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR DOMESTIC COOKING IN OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Chukwuedo Joses A.* and Utu Goodluck O.

ABSTRACT

A research was conducted on energy usage in Owerri metropolitan area. Energy consumption survey was done using questionnaires. Classification was made into low, medium and high income earners. Energy consumption was on domestic cooking. To analyse the various sources of energy available for domestic use and know which is more economical, a model equation was used and R2 value of 0.9246, was obtained, which is an indication of goodness of fit of the model. It also predicts that there was a strong interaction between the source of power and level of income of the populace. It also predict that in domestic cooking, the low income earners spent least by using firewood while the medium income earners spent most by using gas (fossil fuel).

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