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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Xavier,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank you. A very good response that clears
up my concerns.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kirk H.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=xvr.brandao@gmail.com href="mailto:xvr.brandao@gmail.com">Xavier
Brandao</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] Why is it still so
difficult to design cookstoves for 3 billion people?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello Kirk,<BR><BR>This topic wasn't meant to be negative, only
critical. Maybe some of the negativity derives from the article, which seems a
bit pessimistic.<BR>I tend to talk always more about the half-empty part of
the glass, than the half-full, I may seem negative at times.<BR><BR>But there
are like you say great people working on great technologies, and every month
bring some new developments in the stove sector, so there are a lot of reasons
to hope!<BR><BR>The subject is complex, that's maybe the reason why
explanations are dragging like that.<BR>I would summarize what I think are the
conclusions as follow:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>there still exist a gap between the efforts in the stove sector and the
user adoption
<LI>this gap is due, I believe, to putting the focus on the clean aspects of
the technology at the detriment of the usability of the stoves, that users
value most. I am not saying that making clean stoves is not important,
because it is capital, but usability shouldn't be forgotten in the
process.<BR>
<LI>this trend can start to be changed, I think, by adopting different stove
design approaches (like Dale's), and being very self-critical
<LI>more efforts and funding on R&D are necessary </LI></UL>
<P>But in the end, I believe we actually start to be conscious of our
strengths and weaknesses, and start taking actions accordingly.<BR></P>
<P><I>'There is no success so far so stop already' seems to be a strong
sympathy</I><BR></P>
<P>We should never think like that. Failures only call for more
tentatives.<BR></P>
<P>As I said, what is happening now is really exciting, and the above
conclusions should only galvanize us and make us intensify efforts.<BR></P>
<P>Let's keep the debate alive!</P>
<P>Best regards,</P>
<P>Xavier<BR></P>
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