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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>« I see no reason to slam those of us who believe that the WBT is critical to stove improvement. »<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some conversations are seasonal. They appear, vanish, and reappear after some time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We are here because we want to discuss some important questions, explore them thoroughly, and try to shed light rather than cast shadow. I think we need to be clear and specific about what we claim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron, how about we continue the conversation where we left it? Because a few things remain unclear to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Last time we were discussing, I was asking you some questions in my email of the 02/09, and you were not answering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Back in August, you were saying :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>« « The WBT IS valuable »<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And I was asking you:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>« Can you explain what is valuable about the WBT? »<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And if I understood well your answers, you said that the WBT is valuable because:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>the TLUDs shine at it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>it has tier rankings, who are the right way to proceed with stove improvement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What if tier rankings are not scientifically valid?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lombardi and al. say in their paper of February 2017: <i>« An important consequence of these considerations is that the Tier of Performance of a given stove, assigned based on the results from WBT or similar protocols, may result in a not reliable performance indicator for technology selection. »<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096195341730065X">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096195341730065X</a><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You listed the experts that were, according to you, currently, still advocating continued use of the WBT:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jim Jetter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ranyee Chiang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>John Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tami Bond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Michael Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kirk Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Andrew Heggie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dean Still<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>                                 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I told you Ranyee Chiang said we were beyond the WBT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I talked to Jim Jetter and he did not come accross to me as, currently, a strong supporter of the WBT anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I talked to Tami Bond, and she said that the WBT had things to be criticized, and that we needed to move forward, and not look backward (the WBT). I don’t think she strongly supports the WBT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I talked to Kirk Smith in Delhi, and he didn’t seem to have an opinion, neither for nor against the WBT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dean Still is strongly supporting the WBT and its use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Then Andrew reacted on the list and said he neither approved nor disapproved the WBT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Which would leave as WBT supporters, according to you:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>John Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Michael Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dean Still<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not even you are a supporter of the WBT, because you said you were no expert and had no opinion about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I sent you this link with alternative protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5rmmRmIsdlnQlRQX3A1cXVOQ3M?usp=sharing"><span style='color:purple'>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5rmmRmIsdlnQlRQX3A1cXVOQ3M?usp=sharing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and asked you what was so unique about the WBT that cannot be done by the CSI nor HTP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You didn’t even deign to read them, and brushed them off altogether, pretending they were basically WBTs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Boiling water in a protocol doesn’t mean the protocol is a Water Boiling Test.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So, could you please answer or try to answer my questions, recapitulated below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Is the WBT valuable to you because the TLUD shine at it and it has tier rankings, who are the right way to proceed with stove improvement?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>What do you think of Lombardi and al. analysis that tier rankings may not be reliable?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Who are the ”experts” advocating continued use of the WBT?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Who are the ”experts” who believe that the WBT is critical to stove improvement?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>What is so unique about the WBT that cannot be done by the CSI nor HTP?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Xavier</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
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