[Stoves] A call to stop using the WBT

[Andrew Heggie]

On 26 January 2018 at 10:51, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:

> Dear Anh
>
> Other than reporting the energy in the char and it's mass, what else
> should be reported?
>

The only thing that is needed is how much energy was released to do the
task, establishing it is a bit troublesome as each species is different and
moisture contents vary. With other fuels it's simple, we can weigh a LPG
cylinder before and after use and deduct one from the other to establish
the fuel used.


> I have never been asked how much energy a stove uses out of the fuel it
> consumes during the replication of some task.
>

So the energy use isn't much relevant to the cook?


> People always ask how much fuel a stove needs to 'do
> something'.Misrepresenting the fuel needed from the available resource to
> complete a task is mischievous.
>


We should not introduce mischief ‎to our performance evaluations.
>

Stop being mischievous then ;-)
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