[Stoves] Differences in stove testing ---- was Re: ETHOS 2017 agenda and logistics

[Andrew Heggie]

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 14:49:34 -0600,Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

>I are talking about ENERGY efficiency.   And we recognize that energy
>numbers and fuel values are not the same.


One of the points Nikhil made was that to a user energy efficiency
means little, especially if there is abundant fuel from "common" land.

What matters is the cost in labour or cash to perform a cooking task.

Mathematical terms for efficiency appears necessary for those
"scoring" stoves for grants or subsidies.

Andrew