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From: Sunny Miller <d_miller@...>
To: solarcooking-l@...
Sent: January 18, 2001 11:21:18 AM GMT
Subject: Re: Why be so unfair to the solar cooker
virtanen wrote:
> In my opinion it would be important to study that past history of
> introducing solar cooking to find out, what went wrong.
>
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The past weeks has seen numerous postings on issues like sprouts, harvesting water from dew etc. Interesting thougn they are there is so much traffic on those...
S.Narayanaswamy.
snswamy@...
Jan 12, 2001 6:50 am
I couldn't agree more! A suggestion: the UN in Addis Ababa has people representing only poor 3W countries whose people are rapidly using up all the wood fuel...
Mike Assad
ma-pmp@...
Jan 12, 2001 1:53 pm
Thank you for your excellent point. As you have said, high-tech, such as photovoltaics (PV), has its rightful place, but simpler devices, which are more...
kboldt@...
Jan 12, 2001 2:12 pm
... The one big problem is that there are people in really diferent positions receiving these posts. Sometime ago I introduced one of Nepalese friends to this...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 2:58 pm
In a message dated 1/12/01 1:51:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, snswamy@... writes: << Obviously the multinationals who are into PV in a big way have...
HandyM2@...
Jan 12, 2001 2:25 pm
... The reason is most probably that solar cookers were quite big issue during 70's. Solar cooking projects were sometimes backed by big international aid...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 2:39 pm
1) In my opinion it would be important to study that past history of introducing solar cooking to find out, what went wrong. My opinion is that it is too much...
Miguel Angel Márqu...
mmarquez@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:36 pm
_________________________________________________________ On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Miguel Angel Márquez Alvarez wrote: They said "We need to start a fire to do...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:48 pm
You could try looking for 1) EG-Solar SK14 products /they might be available there in Mexico as well. 3) or make something like VITA solar cooker or... [Miguel...
Miguel Angel Márqu...
mmarquez@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:04 pm
... EG-Solar has got a very good website. If you've got a www-access you can surely find it. You can find information on it as well on the site of that famous...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:37 pm
In a message dated 12/1/01 3:46:08 pm, hvirtane@... writes: << Why don't you try introducing them focusing cookers, which can do almost anything a fire...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:10 pm
... You might try reading my pages http://www.jyu.fi/cooker/ *********************************************************** and try looking at local crafstpeople...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:25 pm
____________________________________ ... ____________________________________ There was an error in the above. It should be: ...
virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:32 pm
In a message dated 12/1/01 4:20:54 pm, hvirtane@... writes: << http://www.jyu.fi/cooker/ >> I got a not found message! Mike To remove yourself, send a...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 13, 2001 8:19 am
... Hi, there was an error in theaddress as I alreadcy told.The right address: http://www.jyu.fi/~hvirtane/cooker/ hvirtane@... To remove yourself, send...
Hannu Markus Virtanen
hvirtane@...
Jan 13, 2001 11:56 am
In a message dated 12/1/01 2:12:14 pm, kboldt@... writes: << The affordability problem is not as deeply grasped as it could be. There are adequate...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:58 pm
In a message dated 12/1/01 2:38:46 pm, hvirtane@... writes: << My personal feeling is that it wasn't taken seriously enough that cooking is one of the...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:10 pm
... clout. ... about ... Barging in again.... Has anyone thought of doing a really quick study (or simple research from the net or what have you) on the 3W...
Grendel
grendel@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:29 pm
In California (formerly Alta California) we are familiar with the tortilla. What you want is a solar cooker that provides a horizontal hot metal surface for...
Bob Dahlquist
bobdahlquist@...
Jan 12, 2001 7:22 pm
Here is example of a cooker that shines the light from below: http://solarcooking.org/nelpa.htm To remove yourself, send a message to...
Tom Sponheim
tomsp@...
Jan 13, 2001 1:53 am
Here's a site where you can see ladies in India cooking the Indian version of the tortilla with solar energy. ...
Bob Dahlquist
bobdahlquist@...
Jan 13, 2001 7:58 am
In a message dated 12/1/01 4:22:36 pm, grendel@... writes: << We could pass them simple plans on how to make the cookers cheaply and efficiently. >> ...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 13, 2001 8:22 am
In my home we have cooked this indian tortilla (chapati) on a 2m² Scheffler with very good result,too. the big Scheffler you mentioned uses storage , on our...
Heike Hoedt
solarebruecke-1@...
Jan 13, 2001 10:12 pm
Very interesting. Can you give us any more details about your 2 square meter Scheffler such as: Materials of which the primary and secondary reflectors are...
Bob Dahlquist
bobdahlquist@...
Jan 14, 2001 12:37 am
... But why? To remove yourself, send a message to webmaster@... and request that you be removed. ...
Grendel
grendel@...
Jan 16, 2001 10:13 pm
In a message dated 16/1/01 9:55:18 pm, grendel@... writes: << > Extension has to be done bottom - up not top Down! ... But why? >> Experience of the many...
Mikebridg@...
Jan 16, 2001 11:09 pm
... Thanks virtanen. My vague suspicion is that many folks were convinced in their head that this thing works. Many told others that this thing works. AND THEN...
Sunny Miller
d_miller@...
Jan 18, 2001 11:21 am
... Exactly what's needed! I get the feeling sometimes that converting others to a way of thinking becomes the goal rather than actually accomplishing ...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Jan 18, 2001 2:10 pm
Much of that history is archived on http://solarcooking.org And I agree, it is a good idea to study it. Bob ... From: Sunny Miller...