Sounds to me like it is working, is what happened.

> Although these cookstoves produce fewer emissions than open fires, burning biomass fuels in them still releases plenty of toxins

For toxins that actually matter, that's smoke in layperson terms.

So what if the benefits are only partially there. It still rocks.

It makes me suspicions that the study where all the stovetops were no longer being used, was just picked as an example because it failed.

And as to electricity and gas being better, that's nice, the doers can continue down the biomass efficiency road while this is still being discussed.