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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I object you your use of the junk-science-advocacy term “</span>climate denying stance”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What the heck is a ‘climate denier’ when it has clothes on? What is a ‘climate denying stance’?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>></span></b>“<span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang" title="Internet slang"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Internet slang</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>, a <b>troll</b> (<span class=ipa><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style='color:#0B0080'>/</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>ˈ</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>t</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>r</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>o</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>ʊ</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>l</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>/</span></a></span>, <span class=ipa><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style='color:#0B0080'>/</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>ˈ</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>t</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>r</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>ɒ</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>l</span><span style='color:#0B0080'>/</span></a></span>) is a person who sows discord on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title=Internet><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Internet</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'> by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,</span><sup id="cite_ref-1"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-1"><span style='color:#0B0080;text-decoration:none'>[1]</span></a></span></sup><b><u><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extraneous#Adjective" title="wikt:extraneous"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#663366;background:white;text-decoration:none'>extraneous</span></a></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>, or </span></u></b><b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic" title=Off-topic><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080;background:white;text-decoration:none'>off-topic</span></a></u></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'> messages in an online community (such as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup" title=Newsgroup><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080;background:white;text-decoration:none'>newsgroup</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>, forum, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room" title="Chat room"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080;background:white;text-decoration:none'>chat room</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'>, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into unemotional response</span><sup id="cite_ref-PCMAG_def_2-0"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-PCMAG_def-2"><span style='color:#0B0080;text-decoration:none'>[2]</span></a></span></sup><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'> or of <b>otherwise disrupting norma</b>l on-topic discussion,</span><sup id="cite_ref-IUKB_def_3-0"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#cite_note-IUKB_def-3"><span style='color:#0B0080;text-decoration:none'>[3]</span></a></span></sup><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525;background:white'> often for their <b>own amusement.</b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525'>”</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In that includes anyone who makes drive-by insults about anyone else who happens to be well-read, informed, professional and up-to-date on the subject of the CO<sub>2</sub> cult. You must feel so threatened by Nikhil’s fearlessness in the face of the mighty Berkeley and WHO that you went looking for ways to ‘tear him down’ based on his advocacy of common sense and calling a spade a spade. He is from India, Ron, and he is standing up to bullying by the incompetents. He is also able to respond, cite by cite, why that spade is a space and not a shovel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Stoves are not going to be improved while you still feel the poor are to be held responsible to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. They owe you nothing. The poor of the world are specifically exempted under the Kyoto Protocol from being held to any CO<sub>2</sub> emission reductions. That includes coal combustion, which is how they stay alive. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Here is a photo of a stove that will burn dung, wood and coal really well – about half the fuel consumption of the local traditional devices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=302 height=241 style='width:3.1458in;height:2.5104in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D218E1.F8300310"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=302 height=207 style='width:3.1458in;height:2.1562in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D218E1.F8300310"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Big one on the left, small one on the right. You can see the grate for the big one on top. They can be made in 2-3 hours and sell for $30-50. Expected life time is >5 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This is a transfer of knowledge and innovation from Indonesia to Kyrgyzstan through a WB stove programme of technical assistance. It involved no boiling of water, not wonky metrics that lie about fuel consumption, no carbon credits. Just the sharing of simple, effective ideas that produce results all can benefit from. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Let’s give up the mystical stuff and get on with making better stoves for real people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Crispin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>