Starting midnight Sunday, Feb. 2nd, there will be a feature article on solar cooking at the top of Microsoft's website. This page is the one that comes up...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 2, 1997 11:06 pm
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YOGURT BY SOLAR I keep yogurt on hand without having to deal with stacks of plastic containers by using my solar cooker. To sanitize a bowl, measuring cup,and...
Barbara Kerr
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Feb 3, 1997 5:48 am
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Fabulous! You are great! This should spread solar cooking wonderfully. Cheers, Barbara...
Barbara Kerr
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Feb 3, 1997 5:51 am
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It is a little thin for the traditional ... Hi All: We make a product on the farm from our cow's milk which we have sold in a few local supermarkets for almost...
Stan Sandler
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Feb 3, 1997 7:16 am
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Here's the text of the article at http://home.microsoft.com/reading/voices.asp: Solar Cooking on the Web by Tom Sponheim "If you build a better mousetrap, the...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 3, 1997 9:34 am
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Sorry to post again on yogurt, but I neglected to mention something important. In making yogurt balkan style (set in the container) the solar cooker is not...
Stan Sandler
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Feb 4, 1997 7:45 pm
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If you would like to receive a list of the subscribers to this list, send an email message to majordomo@... with WHO SOLARCOOKING-L in the body of the...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 16, 1997 7:51 pm
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Does anybody know what would happen if mirrors that reflect a larger than actual size reflection would be used as reflectors in the construction of a solar...
David Aragon
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Feb 18, 1997 7:38 am
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If I understand your question right, physics would dictate that you are diffusing the energy by making a larger-than-actual-size reflection--just the opposite...
Bob Hiltner
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Feb 18, 1997 7:51 pm
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... You cannot get something for nothing (some law of energy conservation in physics). If a mirror is curved so that it reflects a larger image then the light...
Stan Sandler
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Feb 18, 1997 9:12 pm
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I have yet to build my first solar cooker and have a technical question and a survey question: Technical Question: The oven builders that I have read about so...
John Grout
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Feb 18, 1997 11:34 pm
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Don't forget though that as smooth a reflective surface a mirror is, the light still has to pass through the sheet of glass making up the mirror twice before...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 19, 1997 4:58 am
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If a large enough magnifying glass could be obtained (preferably a sheet of glass to cover the top of box solar oven) what would happen? Would it increase the...
David Aragon
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Feb 19, 1997 6:36 am
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John, If you are making a cooker out of cardboard, the combustion point of paper (cardboard) is 451F. So 500F would cause a fire. The cooker I use gets to...
Michael Brugger
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Feb 19, 1997 6:36 am
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Has anyone done a side-by-side comparison between the reflective power of a mirror and of cardboard or wood with aluminum foil glued to it? I have heard only...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 19, 1997 7:45 am
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You can now hear a 5 1/2 minute radio piece on solar cooking, which was broadcast worldwide in January on the Voice of America at this address: ...
Tom Sponheim
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Feb 19, 1997 7:47 am
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... Hi Tom and All: As you indicated in your last posting the glass of a mirror causes a reflectivity loss. So a mirror usefully reflects about 92% of...
Stan Sandler
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Feb 19, 1997 11:41 am
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During my rtecent 6 weeks in Guadalajara, Mexico, I looked in vain for any solar water heaters. There were several companies which advertisewd in the yellow...
David Johnson
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Feb 19, 1997 1:57 pm
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Some of us feel good about ovens in the 250 degree F to 300 degree range because of the gentle, flavorful cooking they do. As you get hotter, you have more...
Barbara Kerr
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Feb 19, 1997 7:59 pm
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Thuis will be very interesting to get a scientific result. When I used mirror and cardboard covered foil, the foil cooked better. l It was explained to me that...
Barbara Kerr
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Feb 19, 1997 7:59 pm
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... I don't know. I was hoping someone on the list could provide an answer. Dave Johnson...
David Johnson
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Feb 19, 1997 7:59 pm
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As Tom says, you only get what you get ... or something like that. The BTUs possible from a square area of sunshine are limited and cannot be increased, only...
Barbara Kerr
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Feb 19, 1997 8:00 pm
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... // If a large enough magnifying glass could be obtained // (preferably a sheet of glass to cover the top of box solar // oven) what would happen? Get a...
LAWRENCE COUEY
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Feb 19, 1997 9:28 pm
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I was added to this list as a spam. I've tried to get off by standard unsubscribe but it hasn't worked. Please forward this to your listmeister with the...
EHSMITH.US.ORACLE.COM
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Feb 20, 1997 2:34 am
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In a message dated 2/19/97 1:12:33 PM, bkerr@... (Barbara Kerr) ... Please clarify "cooked better". Do you mean the food tasted better. That it ...
Elfpermacl@...
Feb 20, 1997 2:08 pm
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How would a mirror using clear plasic instead of glass go? say 1/8th of an inch thick Brett Curtis Master Window Cleaners Perth, Western Australia ...
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Feb 20, 1997 3:16 pm
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... If everybody who'd done nothing, would stop asking questions, and try doing something instead, it would be a very quiet world. ... The answer to this...
Renewable News Network
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Feb 21, 1997 2:51 am
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... A collaoration sounds great! It so great to find like-minded people on the internet. It's such a warm nurturing place. Thanks. John ...
John Grout
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Feb 21, 1997 5:10 am
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a little bit of physics: the heat loss of the oven is a function of the difference of temperature between the inside and the air around. the bigger this...
GOETZ
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Feb 21, 1997 11:39 am
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Dear well meaning firends, This is contemprary urban myth, an unattributed falsehood, and self-defeating rumor mongoring. Stop it! Houses with solar aspects...