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<pre wrap="">"we can leave them out
we can sell them a stove they can afford that they will abandon
we can subsidize their purchase."</pre>
I agree with Crispin, there is (at least) another choice, do more
with less (materials and production processes) and the help of
universities and engineers is where to look for.<br>
This is an engineering challenge, this is how products get better
and better, cheaper and cheaper. Again, (much) more R&D
needed.<br>
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I was mentioning the size of the stove as a major element of the
perceived value. The goal can also be to increase the size of the
stove while keeping the costs low.<br>
We tend to underestimate how big the customers want the stoves.
Improved cookstoves are often quite small. And when finally a
larger version is made, it is called "big size, supersize, jumbo"
but in fact, designers should really admit to themselves that:
they have just finally designed the normal size people want! The
previous stoves were just too small.<br>
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In Europe, everyone has gas stoves with ovens, their height is at
the waist level. They are big and large, but no one would think to
call them supersize or jumbo.<br>
They just have the size that is fit to their purpose.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Xavier<br>
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On 7/4/16 11:30 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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<pre wrap="">we can leave them out
we can sell them a stove they can afford that they will abandon
we can subsidize their purchase.</pre>
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