<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Samer,</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks for your reply and question. Richard and I will try to suggest a few answers.</div><div><br></div><div>May I post this as a comment on Facebook?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div><br></div><div>Jock</div><div><br><div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jock Gill</div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">P. O. Box 3</div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Peacham, VT 05862</div></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><a href="https://plus.google.com/_/notifications/emlink?emr=02164940119180120523&emid=CIn6jOiavboCFcgLTAodARYAAA&path=%2F102260924343967128597%2Fop%2Fu&dt=1383089746165&ub=50" style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">google.com/+JockGill</font></a></div><div><br></div>Extract CO2 from the atmosphere!</div><div><br>On May 31, 2015, at 2:39 PM, Samer Abdelnour <<a href="mailto:samer.abdelnour@gmail.com">samer.abdelnour@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Dear Jock,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I found the article very stimulating. Of course, there is much that</span><br><span>can be examined in terms of how the global stoves 'industry' is</span><br><span>developing. For instance, if one examines the topics discussed at the</span><br><span>ETHOS meetings year in and out, there are moments when clear shifts in</span><br><span>what is being discussed (and who discusses) occur. As I read it, the</span><br><span>broad trend has shifted from concerns of design, implementation, and</span><br><span>marketing in context, to global markets (e.g. carbon credits,</span><br><span>international testing standards, advocacy).</span><br><span></span><br><span>This trajectory will have foreseeable benefits for energy-oriented</span><br><span>bilateral agreements, mass manufacturers of stoves, NGOs/corporations</span><br><span>that will tap into carbon offsets, and laboratories authorized to</span><br><span>certify stoves, etc. Along with this is a strong *claim* that this</span><br><span>global market-centric approach serves the 'poor' or the 'environment'.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I wish to stay way from simple dichotomous arguments of global/local,</span><br><span>top-down/bottom-up, standardized/pluralism, or laboratory/field, but</span><br><span>certainly the 'regenerative capitalism' approach you suggest might</span><br><span>demand a reconsideration of this trend towards standardization, scale,</span><br><span>and donor-driven markets? What alternatives might your approach</span><br><span>suggest?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Your thoughts on this matter are appreciated!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best,</span><br><span>Samer</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Stoves mailing list</span><br><span></span><br><span>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address</span><br><span><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:</span><br><span><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>