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

Andrew Heggie aj.heggie at gmail.com
Tue Feb 7 06:54:23 CST 2017


On 7 February 2017 at 12:21, alex english <aenglish444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Andrew,
> I think it is closer to 20 years now. Ug.
>
> This discussion seem stuck in separate layers of an onion, with eyes a
> watering:)  When looking at a system with inputs and output you have to
> place your boundaries and pick your units. Boundaries can be stove, kitchen,
> home and garden, community or beyond. Numbers; engineers have theirs,
> accountants have theirs, economists ....well that's another story:)

Great to hear from you Alex, time has flown.

Yes I agree with you and happy to ignore the thermal efficiency over
more practical attributes . It's the funders that need numbers on
which to base decisions and their decisions will make winners and
losers of stove producers.

Andrew




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