<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">List, cc Nikhil (and Crispin because it seems this was intended for him primarily)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1. This conference seems one I am now likely to attend. I especially want to hear Kirk Smith. This is a non-fee conference. I see no justification for this thread being labeled “off-topic”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2. The reason is not because of the conference notice that Nikhil sent on the 5th. Rather it is the statement on the Conference page (<a href="https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/04/ui-hosts-conference-save-millions-lives-globally" class="">https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/04/ui-hosts-conference-save-millions-lives-globally</a>) mentioning a recent paper by the same UI staff putting on this conference - </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">to be found at</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15309566" class="">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15309566</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Elsevier, World Development, V<a class="S_C_volIss" title="Go to table of contents for this volume/issue" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0305750X/92/supp/C" style="color: rgb(49, 108, 157); border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2; word-spacing: -1.01118px; background-color: rgb(249, 251, 252);">olume 92</a><span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2; word-spacing: -1.01118px; background-color: rgb(249, 251, 252);" class="">, April 2017, Pages 13–27</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: AdvEPSTIM; font-size: 17pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: AdvEPSTIM; font-size: 17pt;" class="">Why Have Improved Cook-Stove Initiatives in India Failed?</span></div><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size: 17.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">MEENA KHANDELWAL </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 50.000000%, 68.000000%); vertical-align: 5.000000pt" class="">a</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">, MATTHEW E. HILL JR. </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 50.000000%, 68.000000%); vertical-align: 5.000000pt" class="">a</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">, PAUL GREENOUGH </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 50.000000%, 68.000000%); vertical-align: 5.000000pt" class="">a</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">, JERRY ANTHONY </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 50.000000%, 68.000000%); vertical-align: 5.000000pt" class="">a</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM;" class="">MISHA QUILL </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; color: rgb(0, 128, 174); vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">b</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM;" class="">, MARC LINDERMAN </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; color: rgb(0, 128, 174); vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">a </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM;" class="">and H.S. UDAYKUMAR </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; color: rgb(0, 128, 174); vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">a</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">,* </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">a </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM;" class="">University of Iowa, USA, </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM; vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">b </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: AdvEPSTIM;" class="">Cornell College, USA</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvPSTim'" class="">Summary. </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvTT5843c571+20'" class="">— </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">An estimated 2.7 billion people cook meals on biomass-fueled brick, stone, and clay stoves. Scarcity of wood and negative
impacts on health and environment have motivated efforts to design and distribute ‘‘improved</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvNEWPSTim'" class="">” </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">cook-stoves in developing countries. In
India, adoption is limited despite massive promotion over many decades. Existing research suggests that many rural women in India do
not want improved stoves, and those who do face obstacles to adoption. We step back from the many good case studies to examine the
broader story of improved cook-stoves (ICs) in India. We do so by bringing together technical research of applied science and narrative
critique of social science. Rather than assuming a priori that traditional stoves require replacement, we ask why Indian cook-stoves been
a magnet for so much attention, why adoptions rates have remained low, and what lessons might be learned from a broad, multi-
disciplinary perspective. Our approach is critical and reflexive, given our own involvement in IC efforts, and puts gender at the center.
Our ‘‘big picture</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvNEWPSTim'" class="">” </span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'AdvEPSTIM'" class="">review shows that the Indian chulha, for all its problems, is a remarkably successful technology which also satisfies
several important household needs. Hence, targeting this device for obsolescence has profound implications that cannot be reduced to
energy consumption or environmental hazards. Rural women do not prioritize ICs, but addressing their priorities requires either capital-
intensive investment or challenging powerful institutions. In contrast, IC interventions are relatively cheap, decentralized, mechanical
and seemingly apolitical, hence their popularity in development programs. Our review of chulha research leads us to reject both the opti-
mism of development planners who frame such problems as technical and the antagonistic pessimism of their critics. Searching for a
middle ground requires stepping back from the dogma of efforts to improve biomass cook-stoves.
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</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3. Fortunately this paper (with-fee, released this month) is available free for some of us through Research Gate. So no need to go to a library and I was able to finish it today. It is one of the best stove papers I have ever read (and I have probably read over a hundred). This is the reason I will try to make the Conference - next week. This Iowa group has done their stove homework. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4. Although an outstanding paper, I think (not being sure being my reason to attend) the Iowa authors are (or were) unaware of charcoal-making stoves. I will expand on this after I read the paper again, and more so if I attend. Anyone else read the paper and have comments?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5. I ask Nikhil to explain his “Come October” comment immediately below. The rest of the three part exchange between Nikhil and Crispin seems intended to disparage the conference “smoke” theme, and the paper behind the conference. I’d appreciate their thoughts on the paper.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 6, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Nikhil Desai <<a href="mailto:pienergy2008@gmail.com" class="">pienergy2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Crispin:<br class=""><br class=""></div>Conferences are for Going Up in Smoke.<br class=""><br class=""></div>With the right fuel and fire.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Come October.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Nikhil<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font face="georgia, serif" class="">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Nikhil Desai</font></div><div class=""><font face="georgia, serif" class="">(India +91) 909 995 2080<br class=""><i class="">Skype: nikhildesai888</i><br class=""></font><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" target="_blank" class="">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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That is going to be a pretty strange conference. If CO2 is now 'pollution' and not the result of perfect biomass combustion what performance targets will we now seek?</div>
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If they don't know the difference between an attribution of a contribution to a premature death and what is written on a death certificate, they are in for a shock. </div>
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I have been made aware of a new tense in the English language. The idea that CO2 is thought by the WHO to be a cause of death of thousands of children is stated in the 'future hopeful' tense. </div>
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The 'future hopeful' tense describes something said or written that the author hopes will one day be shown to be true. It is a form of forecasting without the pretense of science. </div>
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<div class="">Going up in Smoke program schedule at <a href="http://bit.ly/WCSmoke" target="_blank" class="">http://bit.ly/WCSmoke</a><br class="">
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From April 12–14, the University of Iowa will host a group of internationally recognized experts at a conference,
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The World Health Organization estimates that the <b class="">carbon dioxide</b>, carbon monoxide, and other pollutants released while burning biomass lead to 4 million deaths annually...<br class="">
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“Even in developing countries where this is such a problem, there is very little media discussion about this issue because<b class=""> these deaths are spread out over the year and therefore not sensational</b>. It’s what Rob Nixon, a professor at Princeton, calls a
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