I think the selling point of this new design is not so much novelty but the ability to manufacture and distribute millions of these things very cheaply. --Rob
-----Original Message----- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of James Steiner Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:46 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] TOTALLY AWESOME: Inventor turns cardboard boxes intoeco-friendly oven Yeah... I thought so: http://solarcooking.org/plans/ On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:43 PM, James Steiner <gregortr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I seem to recall an even more awesome *parabolic* cardboard (and foil) > solar cooker from the 70s. > ~~James > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM, <ppary...@aol.com> wrote: >> Alas, this nice idea, solar cardboard box ovens, has been tried in >> developing countries for 30+ years and has never really made an >> impact. >> Solar cooking takes a long time. >> Cardboard cookers are very fragile. The >> sun doesn't always shine when people want to cook. >> Paul (ex-UNDP) ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
