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    Dear Paul,<br>
    <br>
    A couple of the paragraphs you wrote seemed to me to sound either/or
    to me.<br>
    <br>
    Please consider that the last I heard, enough of China's underground
    _reserves_ of coal were burning annually to equal Germany's entire
    annual energetic output/needs in CO2 equivalents. This is a long
    term problem for the Chinese.  Does it make more sense to use the
    coal in an improved stove or let it burn in the ground under
    conditions that certainly cause lots of BC and really ugly tars?
    (Please note, the question is consciously oversimplified, not as
    condescension, but to jostle thinking!)<br>
    <br>
    When a government as directly oriented as the Chinese is not capable
    of keeping people from independently mining coal, how do you propose
    to help these poor people -- how to convince them it would be better
    to just use biomass?<br>
    <br>
    regards,<br>
    Ronald von Weiherbayernsonnenschein<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10.08.2013 09:13, Paul Olivier
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAOreFvaJVsgduSCf35Ag_6AeMTBgo4zq6NO5sJ=58On-soeLNQ@mail.gmail.com"
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      <div dir="ltr">See comments below.<br>
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          <br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Tom
            Miles <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Paul,</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Perhaps
                      you missed the discussion late last year when a
                      major study including BC was issued. Tami Bond,
                      one of our number and a co-author, made a
                      presentation for us at ETHOS in January. There is
                      no question that BC is a major concern for
                      “climate disruption” and health. It is not either
                      biomass or fossil fuels. Improvement is needed for
                      both. </span></p>
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            <div><br>
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            <div>I did not frame the issue in either-or terms. But
              should we be burning coal to cook a meal in areas where
              biomass is abundant? Should we be trying to improve and
              promote coal stoves in areas where biomass stoves make a
              lot more sense in terms of global warming?<br>
               <br>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tami’s
                      notes for her Saturday evening Keynote address
                      including the Dec 2012 study reference are at: <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/proceedings2013.html"
                        target="_blank">http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/proceedings2013.html</a></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The
                      study was, “A comparative risk assessment of
                      burden of disease and injury attributable to 67
                      risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21
                      regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the
                      Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.” Lim et. al
                      December 2012. </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2961766-8/abstract"
                        target="_blank">http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2961766-8/abstract</a></span></p>
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                        </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Household
                      air pollution from solid fuels is listed in the
                      comparative risk assessment as #4 globally. Tami
                       described the BC impacts of kerosene and biomass
                      and the impact of stove design on the evolution of
                      BC and its persistence in the atmosphere. </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
                      will ignore your disparaging remarks about GACC.
                      The reality is that we are all GACC. </span></p>
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            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I asked a question about the policy focus of the GACC
              with no intention of being disparaging. I asked this
              question because I am left with the impression that the
              main focus of the GACC is the health of a cook as she
              cooks a meal. Hopefully I am wrong. If all poor people in
              the world could afford bottled gas through a series of
              national or international subsidies, would the mission of
              the GACC be fulfilled? Does the GACC put the use of fossil
              fuels such as coal on the same footing as the use of
              biomass fuels such as rice hulls? Would a clean-burning
              coal stove in the eyes of the GACC be just as acceptable
              as a clean-burning biomass stove in areas where both coal
              and rice hulls are available? Also what is the policy of
              the GACC with regard to biochar? If biochar is not
              combusted in a stove but incorporated into the soil, would
              this be understood by the GACC as a huge inefficiency in
              the transfer of heat to a pot?<br>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We
                      should be mutually supporting individual and
                      collective efforts to  solve the myriad of issues
                      to the extent that we can. </span></p>
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            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I am happy to support whatever makes sense in terms of
              both human health and the health of the environment. What
              is the position of the GACC with regard to global warming,
              climate change, and ocean acidification, and how does
              their position with regard to these important issues
              impact their choice of the stoves they seek to promote?<br>
              <br>
            </div>
            <div>Many thanks.<br>
            </div>
            <div>Paul<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tom</span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                      Stoves [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org"
                        target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>]
                      <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Olivier<br>
                      <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 09, 2013 7:59 PM</span></p>
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                      <b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] more on ocean
                      acidification</div>
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                              style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please
                              explain a bit more why you raise the
                              question of black carbon? Do you do so
                              mainly from the point of view of human
                              health? Or do you have other environmental
                              considerations in mind? As you know, many
                              scientists maintain that black carbon
                              warms the earth. Are you not going in the
                              direction of another contentious issue
                              that some might consider to be unrelated
                              to stove design?<br>
                              <br>
                              Many parts of China have both coal and
                              biomass. In such areas should we try to
                              develop more efficient coal stoves? Or
                              should we try to put a lot more emphasis
                              on biomass stoves? Would it not make sense
                              to develop stoves that are low in black
                              carbon and at the same time do not create
                              CO2 from non-renewable sources such as
                              coal? Does the GACC ask such broad
                              questions? Or does it operate out of sort
                              of philosophical vacuum where issues like
                              black carbon, global warming and ocean
                              acidification are unrelated to stove
                              design?</p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">Let us imagine an area
                              in China where there is no biomass at all:
                              no rice hulls, no rice straw, no
                              agricultural or forestry residue of any
                              kind. And let us suppose that in this
                              barren landscape there is nothing but
                              coal. Here I concede that it makes sense
                              to focus attention on developing more
                              efficient coal stoves.<br>
                              <br>
                              Many thanks.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Paul</p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Aug 10,
                                  2013 at 8:52 AM, Tom Miles <<a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com"
                                    target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>>
                                  wrote:</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Black
                                        Carbon (BC) is a another
                                        compelling and totally related
                                        reason for developing improved
                                        biomass and fossil fuel stoves.
                                        A study published yesterday
                                        estimates that more the 80% of
                                        black carbon from China is from
                                        fossil fuels. A significant
                                        portion of that is from coal
                                        burning stoves. They recommend
                                        developing more efficient coal
                                        stoves. These tasks are all
                                        relevant and identified as part
                                        of the strategic work plan of
                                        the Global Alliance for Clean
                                        Cookstoves (GACC).</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tom</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                    <p>Source Forensics of Black Carbon
                                      Aerosols from China Bing Chen,
                                      August Andersson, Meehye Lee,
                                      Elena N. Kirillova, Qianfen Xiao,
                                      Martin Kruså, Meinan Shi, Ke Hu,
                                      Zifeng Lu, David G. Streets, Ke Du
                                      and Örjan Gustafsson Environ.
                                      Sci. Technol., Article ASAP</p>
                                    <p>DOI: 10.1021/es401599r</p>
                                    <p>Publication Date (Web): August
                                      08, 2013</p>
                                    <p>Copyright © 2013, American
                                      Chemical Society <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401599r"
                                        target="_blank">http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401599r</a></p>
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                                      <b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                                        Stoves [mailto:<a
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org"
                                          target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>]
                                        <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul
                                        Olivier<br>
                                        <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 09,
                                        2013 6:42 PM</span></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                        <b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass
                                        cooking stoves<br>
                                        <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves]
                                        more on ocean acidification</p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"
                                                style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Are
                                                you saying that topics
                                                relating to global
                                                warming, ocean
                                                acidification and the
                                                benefits of biochar do
                                                not influence how we go
                                                about designing stoves?
                                                Should they be biomass
                                                stoves or fossil fuel
                                                stoves? Do we place all
                                                on a equal footing as
                                                long as they are
                                                clean-burning? If we
                                                build biomass stoves,
                                                should these stove be
                                                burning or producing
                                                biochar? How can we
                                                design a stoves in a
                                                theoretical vacuum?</p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">Paul Olivier</p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at
                                              7:15 AM, Dean Still <<a
                                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                href="mailto:deankstill@gmail.com"
                                                target="_blank">deankstill@gmail.com</a>>
                                              wrote:</p>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">Dear
                                              All,</p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">I'd
                                                like to remind the List
                                                that the moderator has
                                                politely asked that we
                                                return to the topic of
                                                stoves. </p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">
                                                      On Fri, Aug 9,
                                                      2013 at 3:48 PM,
                                                      Crispin
                                                      Pemberton-Pigott
                                                      <<a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:crispinpigott@gmail.com" target="_blank">crispinpigott@gmail.com</a>>
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                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">Dear
                                                          Ron</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">I
                                                          was going to
                                                          reply but
                                                          after
                                                          subtracting
                                                          the ad homina,
                                                          speculations,
                                                          straw men and
                                                          loose
                                                          assertions
                                                          there was
                                                          nothing left
                                                          in the
                                                          message. </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">The
                                                          problem you
                                                          will continue
                                                          to have with
                                                          me is I have
                                                          read the
                                                          ‘Skeptical
                                                          Science’
                                                          playbook on
                                                          how to handle
                                                          skeptical
                                                          criticisms of
                                                          AGW. It was a
                                                          document put
                                                          together by
                                                          the Team (as
                                                          you know) and
                                                          promoted to
                                                          the compliant
                                                          as a way to
                                                          communicate –
                                                          a style, if
                                                          you will – of
                                                          how to handle
                                                          people who
                                                          were ‘off
                                                          message’. </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">There
                                                          is actually a
                                                          new one issued
                                                          by some
                                                          political
                                                          group in the
                                                          USA which I
                                                          read this past
                                                          week. It is
                                                          pages long. 
                                                          It includes
                                                          specific
                                                          instructions
                                                          for example to
                                                          always mention
                                                          ‘climate
                                                          disruption’ as
                                                          it is harder
                                                          to dispute and
                                                          refute than
                                                          ‘global
                                                          warming’ now
                                                          that there
                                                          isn’t any. It
                                                          suggests ways
                                                          to undermine
                                                          and weaken the
                                                          appeal of
                                                          speakers who
                                                          are presenting
                                                          contrary
                                                          evidence that
                                                          undermines the
                                                          catastrophic
                                                          side of AGW
                                                          (can’t have
                                                          that). The
                                                          vast majority
                                                          of CAGW
                                                          skeptics
                                                          concede a
                                                          human role in
                                                          global
                                                          warming, but
                                                          assert that it
                                                          is tiny and to
                                                          date,
                                                          undetectable.
                                                          The
                                                          instructions
                                                          are to try to
                                                          try to paint
                                                          skeptics as
                                                          ‘denying’ <i>all</i>
                                                          human
                                                          influence on
                                                          the planet
                                                          then offers
                                                          various
                                                          pejorative
                                                          comparisons
                                                          that can be
                                                          made so as to
                                                          cause
                                                          consternation
                                                          for the
                                                          skeptic or
                                                          those
                                                          listening to
                                                          them.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">The
                                                          instructions
                                                          from your
                                                          buddies at SkS
                                                          include always
                                                          pooh-poohing
                                                          the
                                                          credentials of
                                                          any author
                                                          cited, always
                                                          trying to
                                                          paint the
                                                          skeptical
                                                          correspondent
                                                          as ‘alone’ in
                                                          their
                                                          understanding,
                                                          always insert
                                                          some mention
                                                          of how settled
                                                          things are
                                                          with the
                                                          ‘majority’ of
                                                          ‘reputable’
                                                          scientists and
                                                          so on and on.
                                                          We have seen
                                                          it all
                                                          before.  </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">You
                                                          are quite good
                                                          at following
                                                          the party line
                                                          but it does
                                                          not (at all)
                                                          address the
                                                          fact that
                                                          there is no
                                                          such thing as
                                                          ‘acidifying
                                                          the ocean’
                                                          when the
                                                          number of
                                                          anions is
                                                          reduced
                                                          through a
                                                          process called
                                                          neutralisation
                                                          so it is less
                                                          alkaline. I
                                                          will not
                                                          matter if my
                                                          mother ‘wears
                                                          army boots’.
                                                          Facts are
                                                          facts.
                                                          Peer-reviewed
                                                          bunk is still
                                                          bunk. As you
                                                          will have
                                                          noticed by now
                                                          I am
                                                          completely
                                                          unimpressed by
                                                          Letters<sup>1</sup>.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">As
                                                          the CAGW
                                                          fear-mongering
                                                          system falls
                                                          apart country
                                                          after country
                                                          is bailing
                                                          out. </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">As
                                                          Fred says (I
                                                          cannot say it
                                                          better
                                                          myself): </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN">“…hundreds
                                                          of billions of
                                                          Euros have
                                                          been
                                                          squandered,
                                                          wasted,
                                                          flushed down
                                                          the Great
                                                          Greenie
                                                          Composting
                                                          Toilet because
                                                          Public Policy
                                                          in Europe was
                                                          highjacked by
                                                          a group of
                                                          political
                                                          power craving
                                                          environmentalists
                                                          and grubby,
                                                          funding
                                                          desperate
                                                          scientists who
                                                          realized their
                                                          First Class
                                                          ticket on the
                                                          Fame and Gravy
                                                          train could be
                                                          realized by
                                                          abject fear
                                                          mongering
                                                          about human
                                                          influences on
                                                          the climate.</span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN"> </span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN">“A
                                                          disgraceful
                                                          period in
                                                          human history,
                                                          one that will
                                                          not be treated
                                                          well by future
                                                          historians.</span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN">Think
                                                          of how much
                                                          human good,
                                                          human
                                                          happiness that
                                                          money could
                                                          have
                                                          purchased. </span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN"> </span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
                                                          lang="EN">“Think
                                                          of how much
                                                          real science,
                                                          not the
                                                          frothed up,
                                                          torqued up,
                                                          glued together
                                                          hockey sticks
                                                          or photo
                                                          shopped polar
                                                          bear pictures
                                                          that currently
                                                          disgraces the
                                                          scientific
                                                          community
                                                          could have
                                                          taken place if
                                                          the science
                                                          funding had
                                                          not been
                                                          hijacked by a
                                                          small gang of
                                                          morally
                                                          vacuous
                                                          scientists
                                                          that are only
                                                          good at
                                                          creating
                                                          hysteria and
                                                          performing
                                                          kindergarten
                                                          level
                                                          research.”</span></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <blockquote
                                                          style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">Kindergarten
                                                          level
                                                          research. What
                                                          have I been
                                                          calling for
                                                          over the past
                                                          6 years with
                                                          respect to
                                                          stove testing?
                                                           Surely
                                                          everyone knows
                                                          by now. I am
                                                          calling for
                                                          the <i>peer
                                                          review</i>,
                                                          the <i>independent
                                                          assessment</i>
                                                          of stove test
                                                          protocols so
                                                          that they are
                                                          validated and
                                                          the results
                                                          they give can
                                                          be believed. 
                                                          The resistance
                                                          to this at
                                                          every level
                                                          has been
                                                          amazing and
                                                          not without
                                                          consequence. </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">For
                                                          one, I have
                                                          learned never
                                                          to trust that
                                                          a spreadsheet
                                                          has no errors
                                                          in it. I
                                                          compliment
                                                          whoever is
                                                          working on the
                                                          PEMS hood
                                                          spreadsheet.
                                                          The April 2013
                                                          version
                                                          contains more
                                                          than 100 fewer
                                                          systematic
                                                          errors that
                                                          the 2010
                                                          version. But
                                                          is still has
                                                          not been
                                                          independently
                                                          reviewed.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">WBT
                                                          4.xx has not
                                                          been
                                                          independently
                                                          reviewed for
                                                          precision,
                                                          accuracy and
                                                          conceptual
                                                          relevance.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">Now
                                                          Ron, you have
                                                          been most
                                                          vociferous
                                                          about how this
                                                          or that aspect
                                                          of climate
                                                          science
                                                          information
                                                          has been
                                                          brought
                                                          forward in
                                                          articles that
                                                          ‘were not peer
                                                          reviewed’ even
                                                          if they were
                                                          true. How
                                                          about giving
                                                          up on trying
                                                          to humiliate
                                                          and
                                                          marginalise me
                                                          on this list
                                                          (or elsewhere
                                                          – who knows)
                                                          and put your
                                                          energy into
                                                          demanding that
                                                          the GACC, the
                                                          WB, the EPA,
                                                          the
                                                          Universities
                                                          of Illinois,
                                                          Colorado and
                                                          Berkeley and
                                                          anywhere else
                                                          submit their
                                                          protocols to
                                                          competent
                                                          authorities
                                                          for
                                                          independent
                                                          review? 
                                                          Actually the
                                                          WB has its
                                                          project
                                                          protocols
                                                          reviewed…well,
                                                          they should
                                                          continue to do
                                                          so.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">The
                                                          stoves world
                                                          is awash in
                                                          bad test
                                                          results and
                                                          invalid claims
                                                          and money
                                                          trading hands
                                                          on the basis
                                                          of them.   We
                                                          cannot change
                                                          things
                                                          overnight, but
                                                          by
                                                          implementing
                                                          this rule that
                                                          you favour so
                                                          highly a major
                                                          contribution
                                                          to the field
                                                          of domestic
                                                          energy can be
                                                          attained.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">It
                                                          will not
                                                          matter (here)
                                                          if there is a
                                                          record short
                                                          summer in the
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/08/according-to-this-dmi-temperature-plot-the-arctic-has-dropped-below-freezing-about-two-weeks-early/#more-91293"
target="_blank">Arctic</a> or photos of stack emissions are <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NOv_4-KeeKI"
target="_blank">faked</a> or SkS takes in on the chin with a Godwins Law
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/07/inside-the-skeptical-science-secret-tree-house-bunker/#more-91202"
target="_blank">parody</a> or even if US winter temperatures continue to
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/image15.png"
                                                          target="_blank">plunge</a>.
                                                          </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">I
                                                          don’t like
                                                          trumped up
                                                          CAGW claims
                                                          about what ‘it
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm" target="_blank">causes</a>’.
                                                          I don’t like
                                                          trumped up or
                                                          trumped down
                                                          stove
                                                          performance
                                                          results.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">Let’s
                                                          work together
                                                          and bring some
                                                          proper science
                                                          and
                                                          engineering to
                                                          the planet of
                                                          stoves. I know
                                                          you’ll want to
                                                          help. We all
                                                          do.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">Thanks<br>
                                                          Crispin</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"><sup><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">1</span></sup><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">
                                                          </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                                          lang="EN-CA">For
                                                          those who do
                                                          not know what
                                                          this means, it
                                                          is English for
                                                          ‘letters after
                                                          your name’
                                                          signifying
                                                          formal
                                                          recognition of
                                                          capacity,
                                                          knowledge and
                                                          /or authority.
                                                          Examples are
                                                          BA, P.Eng etc.</span></p>
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                                                      <p
                                                        class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">_______________________________________________<br>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                                              style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
                                              <br>
_______________________________________________<br>
                                              Stoves mailing list<br>
                                              <br>
                                              to Send a Message to the
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                                            <br>
                                            <br clear="all">
                                            <br>
                                            -- <br>
                                            Paul A. Olivier PhD<br>
                                            26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong<br>
                                            Dalat<br>
                                            Vietnam<br>
                                            <br>
                                            Louisiana telephone:
                                            1-337-447-4124 (rings
                                            Vietnam)<br>
                                            Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in
                                            Vietnam)<br>
                                            Skype address: Xpolivier<br>
                                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              href="http://www.esrla.com/"
                                              target="_blank">http://www.esrla.com/</a>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"
                                  style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
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                                  <br>
                                  to Send a Message to the list, use the
                                  email address<br>
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                                    target="_blank">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                  <br>
                                  to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List
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                                    target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
                                  <br>
                                  for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News
                                  and Information see our web site:<br>
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                                    href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/"
                                    target="_blank">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><br>
                                  <br>
                                </p>
                              </div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                <br clear="all">
                                <br>
                                -- <br>
                                Paul A. Olivier PhD<br>
                                26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong<br>
                                Dalat<br>
                                Vietnam<br>
                                <br>
                                Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124
                                (rings Vietnam)<br>
                                Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam)<br>
                                Skype address: Xpolivier<br>
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://www.esrla.com/"
                                  target="_blank">http://www.esrla.com/</a>
                              </p>
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                    </div>
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              <br>
              to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              <br>
              to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web
              page<br>
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                target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
              <br>
              for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News and Information see
              our web site:<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/" target="_blank">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><br>
              <br>
              <br>
            </blockquote>
          </div>
          <br>
          <br clear="all">
          <br>
          -- <br>
          Paul A. Olivier PhD<br>
          26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong<br>
          Dalat<br>
          Vietnam<br>
          <br>
          Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam)<br>
          Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam)<br>
          Skype address: Xpolivier<br>
          <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.esrla.com/"
            target="_blank">http://www.esrla.com/</a>
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to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
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to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
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for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News and Information see our web site:
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