>>2242156https://permies.com/t/13385/RMH-Mongolia>rely on locally made simple sheet metal stoves. These are essentially a square box with a simple draft and a 4" pipe. During the winter (October through April) the stoves run 24/7 in order to keep the gers (yurts) or small brick homes warm. Most use a bituminous coal as fuel. Wood is not available, and cutting trees is illegal. Some residents are so poor they collect plastic bottles and other trash through the year to use as fuel. Even old tires get cut into chunks and thrown in the stove. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1595&context=stu_hon_theses>as a part of an ecological preservation initiative the government restricts the use of wood at present and therefore its absence may not reflect prehistoric norms. >within the broader anthropological literature on why the use of dung amongst mobile pastoralists is in fact a necessary and viable fuel resource
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1165075>To reduce levels of outdoor air pollution, new energy efficient solid fuel stoves have been offered for sale in the ger regions of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. These energy efficient stoves ideally use less fuel than the traditional stove and emit a tenth of the pollutant emissions. However, because the stoves were only broadly introduced in August 2011, limited documented information existsIt would seem like coal (pollution is large problem in the capitol) and dung are used.
Many of the plots of land, even in the capitol have yurts placed on them instead of homes.
I didn't read too much, but I would guess imported wood (cutting trees is largely illegal in Mongolia) is used too.
I know some people work as delivery drivers in Mongolia and will drive around in large Russian military military vehicles and sell things (like fuel) to people they find in Mongolia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_dung_fuelI also remember Les Stroud talking about dry elephant dung for fire bundles.
