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30 Apr 2007, 2:16 am

http://solarcooking.org/plans/

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30 Apr 2007, 2:17 am

Indeed.

I shall use it to fry Zerglings for lunch.

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30 Apr 2007, 2:30 am

That would be pretty cool.

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30 Apr 2007, 2:37 am

be more interested in building a robot.

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30 Apr 2007, 2:38 am

we used something like that in the boy scouts

camp fires work better

Solar cookers may work ok in Tx or most parts of Australia, but I somehow doubt they would be all that reliable in, say, Oregon

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30 Apr 2007, 2:50 am

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

we used something like that in the boy scouts

camp fires work better

Solar cookers may work ok in Tx or most parts of Australia, but I somehow doubt they would be all that reliable in, say, Oregon

HEY! In the summer it's perputual sun around here!

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30 Apr 2007, 3:00 am

I live about halfway between Seattle and Alaska. I don't think it would work too well here.

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30 Apr 2007, 3:02 am

Mmm, we are in a drought in my city....knowing my luck I'd set it all up and come back and have set half my neighbourhood on fire....

then be sent to jail....

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30 Apr 2007, 3:10 am

I live in England, what sun?

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30 Apr 2007, 4:44 am

I think they can be used alot more locations and times of the year than people might
image. I think in the Southern US they would be very practical at least 8 months of the year.

If people read any of the plans they would see a basic one can be made from old
card board boxes, aluminium foil and a clear plastic cooking bag. I'm going to build one
and demo it for my 3 and 5 year old nephews.

I like the plans for a simple water pasteuriser how it mentions an old chip bag that is foil
line makes a good reflector.

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30 Apr 2007, 4:47 am

sigholdaccountlost wrote:

I live in England, what sun?

Lol, you got to be joking after the Summer we had last year... :lol:

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30 Apr 2007, 4:58 am

Graelwyn wrote:

sigholdaccountlost wrote:

I live in England, what sun?

Lol, you got to be joking after the Summer we had last year... :lol:

It's getting hot today as well. I think I wil go and take some studying outside now and sit on the grass.

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30 Apr 2007, 10:17 am

Graelwyn wrote:

sigholdaccountlost wrote:

I live in England, what sun?

Lol, you got to be joking after the Summer we had last year... :lol:

Yeh, good point.

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30 Apr 2007, 6:39 pm

TheMachine1 wrote:

...I'm going to build one
and demo it for my 3 and 5 year old nephews. ...

another fun thing is to distill water ... condensation trap
dig a hole, put green foliage in it, cover with plastic, collect water in a tin ... (survival tequnique if you are stuck in an arid region)
Again, boy scout type of thing.

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01 May 2007, 1:13 am

I made a mini-solar box cooker out of a Office Depot paper box. Its about 18" x 10" I guess. I need to get a plastic cover for the window when I walk my dogs in a few hours.
So I plan to be cooking in about 9 hours!

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01 May 2007, 2:44 am

I thought this said a solar cookie.
Now I'm hungry.

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