[nchmy]

I really thought that cookstoves would be safe from hacker news' erroneous self-importance and condescension, but here we are.

You've evidently never left your ivory tower to live in a sheet metal (or worse) shack, which a significant proportion of the world's poorest try to eek out an existence in.

And especially haven't carried the load of smoke-fueled, sleep-deprived women who exist to serve as household appliances.

There's so much so disgracefully wrong with what you said that i don't even know where to begin with setting the record straight.

I'll simply point out the absurdity of saying that there's wisdom in filling homes, eyes and lungs with creosote (and worse) when more people die from smoke inhalation than malaria and aids combined. And saying people shouldn't reduce their biomass consumption 4-fold, which saves forests, erosion, co2, and extremely limited and time/money - just so they can have a bit more ash to make some lye with.

Go live in extreme poverty somewhere for a while - it'll do you some good.