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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Nikhil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Efficiency is not a mindless exercise. Neither is it an obsession.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Induction stoves are extremely efficient. That is a good thing. Because they are efficiency, literally, they are highly controllable. That is a bonus. They are not yet programmable but that is only
a matter time (programmed to cook a particular meal of a particular size following a pre-approved sequence). This is already done when producing baked ceramic products.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>Another was that it puts out less heat to the room than does a flame. Makes a difference in Indian summers 10a-6p at least.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is a direct result of its inherent efficient.<o:p></o:p></p>
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>The binding constraint in modern energy transition is financing the investment on the individual user side, not the corporate supply or user sides.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The cost of the energy carrier is borne by the consumer, ultimately, so in a sense it is the individual user’s investment, even if it is unequally secured.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>The sooner we dump physical efficiency as a key guiding metric, the better.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s silly. It is not only one of the key guiding metrics, from the POV of capital cost, manufacturing processes, materials sourcing and recycling, feeding the beast, durability+repairs, number required to service all pots – everything
is based on the frugal use of resources. A 1957 Chevy can be repaired indefinitely. A 1974 Beetle can’t. It matters.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To speak of people being poor and cooking systems at the same time immediately includes the concept of cost-efficiency, whether that is time-efficient, cost efficient, quantity-appropriate-to-the-pot and so on.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Even with words we should be efficient.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Crispin<o:p></o:p></p>
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