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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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
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