Memo+25+Describing+People+(Dan+F)

It is more then likely that the professionals I encounter in this field, in this case those who are working to develop and effectively transfer clean cook stove systems, Will be rather have rather cured understanding in the common problems associated with transferring technology. At least in part I will be trying to determine why transfer usually fails, what can be done about it, and whether any of them have experienced or heard of notable success that could inform my arguments. These interviews will also attempt to synthesize a current definition for appropriate technology and how widely it is used, so it can be established whether an update is needed. I expect that these professionals have started out like most students. In other words, they were most radical in their views and calls for change at the beginning of their career straight out of college and then they slowly got reality beaten into them because current constructs hindered progress. As for why the projects fail, I expect that the primary cause will be the nature of the technology transferred. A mostly effective appropriate technology cannot really compete with some of the wasteful modern technologies that we have become to see as reliable because we refuse to use the appropriate technology in our own efforts at home. Once the power of the wasteful system is revealed then that becomes the goal or excuse for others to do they same when they don’t realize what the long-term consequences will be. The bottom line is appropriate technology doesn’t transfer well because instead of being perfected through use in the more developed world, it is tested in the developing world where there is no support for refining and improving on the system. It is definitely necessary to have context specific bridging technologies do to costs and availability, but those being “developed” don’t see this the way more developed countries seem to. This will likely lead me to ask what gives any outsider a right to try and change others even if it does allow health benefits to be realized, but this will probably get typical, unrewarding responses.