From mwood@ACUVAX.ACU.EDUFri Feb 24 11:55:29 1995
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 18:16:44 GMT
From: Marge Wood <mwood@ACUVAX.ACU.EDU>
Reply to: Alternative Energy Discussion List
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Subject: solar cookers and refrigerators

Date sent:  18-FEB-1995 14:30:43
>From: ENOBLE@STATELIB.LIB.IN.US
>To: mwood@acuvax.acu.edu
>Message-ID: <950218150547.16da@STATELIB.LIB.IN.US>
>Subject: RE: review of Canadian periodical SYNERGY
>
And I forgot to mention that Joe Froese's cooker was sitting in the snow at
about -30F., cooking at about 300F. when the interview happened.

I'm already planning my array of solar cookers for Earth Week...
Marge

>reply  Aprovecho Research Center, Cottage Grove OR (503) 942-8198 in the
>Winter 1995 issue, p. 9 says "The very large Maria Telkes cooker that Chris
>Roth built cooked everything we put into it in almost the same time as a wood
>fired oven.  This is a cooker that would convince even my skeptical friends
>in Mexico who have seen many solar cookers fail to fully cook food, even in
>the e heat of the desert.  We will put together a booklet teaching how to build
>this solar oven soon!    The Icy-Ball heat driven ammonia/water refrigertor
>really works.   For membership to Aprovecho, send $30 (80574 Hazelton Rd.,
>zip 97424.
Marge Wood
A-V Supervisor,
Brown Library
Abilene Christian University
mwood@acuvax.acu.edu
solar cookers and refrigerators