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Cooking by solar power
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Cooking by solar power
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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FAO predicts that the number of people affected by fuelwood shortages will grow to approximately 2.4 billion in ten years' time. One possible solution to the crisis is solar cooking. Robert Metcalf, a microbiologist at California State University in Sacramento, USA, has found that a solar box designed in the 1970s can cook food for a whole family in two to four hours and can also sterilize water and pasteurize milk. The cooker is an insulated box-within-a-box with an adjustable reflector which directs sunlight into the box. Cooking pots inside achieve temperatures of 94-130C. It is simple and cheap to make. Solar Box Cookers International - 1724 11th Street - Sacramento California 95814 - USA FAO predicts that the number of people affected by fuelwood shortages will grow to approximately 2.4 billion in ten years' time. One possible solution to the crisis is solar cooking. Robert Metcalf, a microbiologist at California State University... |
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2014-10-08T13:16:10Z
2014-10-08T13:16:10Z 1990 |
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News Item
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CTA. 1990. Cooking by solar power. Spore 26. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45257 |
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en
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Spore, Spore 26
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CTA
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Spore
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