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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Paul,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for sharing this very
good paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It brings a good reflection upon
all those years. Yet it still didn’t answer the question: why didn’t it work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Because the improved cookstoves
were not adopted. But why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The stoves were not adopted
because they were not good enough. The problem is not a problem of adoption, of
customers. The stoves were, and still are the problem. If the first Iphone was 3000
USD, with an autonomy of 20 minutes, and very slow when navigating, no one
would have bought it -> back to the R&D and engineering department, try
again and better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For the improved cookstove
sector:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#1F497D'>A lot of investment
in combustion and stove R&D was needed: it never happened<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#1F497D'>The GACC needed to
address the problem of the WBT as soon as there were concerns with it. The GACC
never did. Even now, July 2018, the first testing protocol on the GACC website
is still the WBT. Results: the WBT kept testers and manufacturers into a swamp
of under-performing stoves with over-performing results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#1F497D'>Poor products were
developed, tested, distributed in villages, and ended-up like Cummins stoves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One needs to admit his/her
mistake, before being able to correct them and move forward. This never
happened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>There’s little mystery behind
that global failure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Xavier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Stoves
[mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>De la part de</b> Paul
Anderson<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 12 juillet 2018 23:12<br>
<b>À :</b> Stoves and biofuels network<br>
<b>Objet :</b> [Stoves] Must reed: Re: [stove] ProPublica article out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Stovers,<br>
<br>
I thank Kirk Smith for getting the ProPublica article to our attention as soon
as it became available.<br>
<br>
Read. Perhaps weep. Work
harder. Learn about the opposition to biomass stoves.<br>
<br>
Personally, I am disappointed that there was not a glimmer of recognition of
what the TLUD micro-gasifiers HAVE ACCOMPLISHED and have shown to be possible
in terms of (A) quite clean cookstoves, (B) STRONG user acceptance, and (C)
that carbon credits ARE working with TLUD gasifiers. The authors
(and those who were interviewed and quoted) seem to be totally unaware of the
REPORTED IN 2016 success in the Deganga pilot study with 11,000 Champion TLUD
stoves (see <a href="http://www.drtlud.com/deganga2016">www.drtlud.com/deganga2016</a>
) And lesser known is that the number of households has
invreased to about 40,000. And we are looking for funding for scale
up for the larger numbers.<br>
<br>
But this article will make it even more difficult to get funding for scale-up
of the TLUD stove success story. However, if it can stop wasted
money on the UNsuccessful stove-types that are indicated (but not named) in the
article, I am not against that. <br>
<br>
This is now mid-2018. The GACC will claim success to reach 100
million households by 2020 on the basis of LPG stoves in India. And
then what???? <br>
<br>
Read the article. It is worthy of some discussion here on the
Stoves Listserv..<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Email: <a
href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Website: <a
href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div>
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