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Pros of the solar cooker
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Business
  • Pays back all the initial costs in only 18 months
  • Works for many years without any operational costs.
  • Has no operational costs as sunshine is always free.
Reducing fatigue
  • Doesn't make exterior of the pot dirty, hence no much cleaning.
  • Eliminates use of firewood which is cumbersome especially during rainy seasons.
Health 
  • No smoke realted infections
  • No eye imflammation
  • No exposure to lung cancer
Availability 
  • No long journeys in search of firewood from forests.
  • Minimal running costs as in the traditional heating where firewood must be constantly acquired.
Security
  • No burking dangers, especially for children
  • No injury as may occur while splitting firewood.
  • No burning down of huts.
Economy 
  • Production of solar cookers will provide employment opportunities.
Ecology 
  • No carbon dioxide emission.
  • No more trees felled for firewood.
  • Exhaust fumes during timber transportation eliminated.
  • Biomass cannot be used for cooking and should instead be used to fertilize the fields.
  • Fights deforestation and desertification.
  • Protects animals
Global 
  • Self protection against environmental destruction and climatic catastrophe.
. This is a typical 3-stones cooking place, standard in many developing countries. 

The smoke emission in a kitchen is equivalent to the daily inhaling of 40 cigarettes.


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