Domestic energy consumption in the developing world is still largely dependent on biomass such as wood, dung and agricultural waste: fuel sources that are typically burned in traditional stoves. Unfortunately, these types of stoves produce high levels of air pollution, which results in increased risk of acute respiratory infection and lung diseases, especially for women and young children. Emissions produced by traditional stoves and cooking fires in the developing world cause illness that results in approximately 1.6 million deaths every year [1], although more recent data indicates up to 4 million deaths every year [2]. Harmful emissions from traditional stoves and cooking fires are reported to claim the lives of more children under the age of five years than any other single cause [3]. The combustion of renewable fuels such as dung and wood can result in a depletion of natural fertilizers, deforestation and soil erosion. The ash that remains after combustion has little use, and can be detrimental to agriculture if mixed with soil. However, under certain combustion conditions biochar, which can be used as a soil enhancer, can be a produced. Developing affordable cleaner-burning systems for cooking that also produce biochar can not only help save millions of lives every year, but also improve quality of agriculture and life in general.