Could an American company turn out a big batch of these for this purpose in time to help and at a reasonable cost?
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I am sure that this is possible, but is improbable. It would take some sort of mass movement, and I do not see this happening.
Americans do not care that much about Haiti, or anywhere else, unless it is seriously publicized. Foreigners are useful to Americans most of the time as people that can be pointed to as being someone Americans are better than. 'Cause we are number one.
This is definitely true in plumbing, not at all true in bread or beer. Americans CAN make great beer and bread, but most Americans seem to settle for awful bread and watery beer.
I used to meet people at the Miami Airport who had just come back from a cruise, and could not recall whether they had visited Dominica (a small, English & patois speaking island) or the Dominican Republic (a much larger Spanish-speaking island) They tended not to know haw many places they had been to, since the cruise only docked from 10 AM until 6 PM at the most. The main activities were overeating and of course, gambling.
As I said, this is a clever design for a pot. The Irish company that sells these online has both "aluminium" and stainless steel pots for sale, the latter were over $60.
In the Dominican Republic, empty Freon AC cans are sold in the markets as lights: you fill them with kerosene and light a wick. Not nearly as much light as a glass kerosene light, but lots cheaper, and the only thing other than candles that the poor people used. They sold for about thirty cents, while a decent Chinese glass chimney kerosene lamp was around $2.00, and of course, they get broken and can start a fire. The Freon cans do not leak out when turned over.
The best solution would be to put Haitians to work making their own Kelly stoves. But starting any business in Haiti is quite difficult for anyone who does not belong to the Haitian "elite" that runs everything.
Everyone in Santo Domingo used aluminum cookware. No one had heard of aluminum being dangerous.
