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Id put my money on the sun and solar energy.
What a source of power! I hope we dont have to
wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle
that.
Thomas Edison
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Benefits of Solar Cooking

• Generates no air pollution
• Generates no greenhouse gases
• Produces no smoke
• Eliminates fire dangers

Leslie baking cakes in S. California
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More Benefits of Solar Cooking

• Moving cooking outside reduces heat buildup in
  home
• 44 of household energy consumption in U.S. goes
  to heating/cooling
• 5 for cooking

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More Benefits of Solar Cooking

• Cooks foods slowly and thoroughly
• Preserves nutrients
• Foods will not burn
• Pots are easy to clean less clean water is
  needed
• Use for canning vegetables
• Use for dried fruit
• Kill insects in dry grains

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Limitations of Solar Cooking

• A clear sky is optimal cloudy days may require
  use of other fuel
• Lifestyle adjustments are required
• Change in timing of meals and work
• Hot food storage
• Cooking outside
• Possible changes in taste texture of food

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The basic principles - C.A.R.E.S.

• Collect the light
• Absorb the light
• Retain the heat
• Ease and Efficiency
• Safety

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HOW THE COOKIT WORKS
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Approximate Cooking Times

• Estimate cooking times 2-3 times longer than
  conventional cooking methods, depending on
• Distance from equator/season
• Time of day (shadow rule)
• Clouds/inclement weather
• Wind

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TYPES OF SOLAR COOKERS
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The CooKit A Simple but Effective Solar Cooker
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Parabolic Cooker

• Highly focused light and high temperatures
• Cooks nearly as fast as a conventional oven
• Costly and complicated to make and use have to
  turn frequently to follow the sun
• Potentially hazardous

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Solar Cookers International (SCI)

• A non profit humanitarian organization assisting
  communities to use the power of the sun to cook
  food and pasteurize water for the benefit of
  people and environments
• Office in Sacramento
• Project Areas
• Community Projects and Technical Assistance
• Information Exchange
• Advocacy
• Educational Resources
• Developed CooKit and WAPI

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Two Billion People rely on Wood for daily cooking
fuel
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FACTS

• 50
• Lung disease deaths due to indoor smoke from
  cooking
• 50,000
• Daily deaths of children from waterborne diseases
• 1.8 TONS
• Amount of CO2 reduced per year with saved wood

• 1/3
• Part of humanity cooking over wood fires
• 1/3
• Part of humanity without safe drinking water
• 1 TON
• Average amount of wood saved per year by a solar
  cooker

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Solar Water Pasteurization

• Heating water to 65C (149F) in a solar cooker
  will pasteurize the water and kill disease
  causing microbes

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Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI)
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Solar cookers for Darfur refugeesIridimi camp
in eastern Chad
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BEST REGIONS FOR SOLAR COOKING
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Solar Cookers International

• 1919 21st Street 203Sacramento, CA 95811,
  USATel 1-916-455-4499info_at_solarcookers.org

SCI solarcookers.org SCInet solarcooking.org