[Stoves] [ethos] Re: Laboratory Comparison of theGlobal-Warming Potential of Six Categories of Biomass Cooking Stoves

[Jeff Davis]

On Wednesday 10 October 2007 11:08 am, Roger Samson wrote:
> Our basic feeling is that we need the lead testing to be done by
> independent stove testing agencies that are run by scientists preferably in
> a developing countries (like India and China) as this would be closer to
> fuels and users and reduce testing costs for donor agencies. Surely if
> China has a space program and India is a world leader in computers these
> countries have the capability to develop effective cooking stoves and fuel
> trials. This would be much more "development friendly" approach than having
> testing led by scientists in a developed country. Its time the scientists
> in industrialized countries should be providing capacity building in the
> south but not lead the effort on stoves testing.

Sounds like a no brainer to me. Or close, country wise, to where the stove 
will be used.


Jeff