Alternative Cooking - Solar Household Energy
By Kat Vaughan
I just came across a very cool product used for cooking, a HotPot, or solar cooker. It is manufactured in Mexico and distributed by Solar Household Energy in the US. The HotPot is a very innovative solution for the millions of people who cook using biomass material (wood, animal, dung, crop residue). Biomass material for fuel is extremely toxic when used over a long period of time and results in serious health consequences, including lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, low birth rate, cataracts, TB, and higher infant mortality.
The HotPot can bake, stew, boil, braise and fry food. Solar cookers address seven of the eight United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Ensure environmental sustainability
7. Develop a global partnership for development
The cost for each one is about $100.
I just came across a very cool product used for cooking, a HotPot, or solar cooker. It is manufactured in Mexico and distributed by Solar Household Energy in the US. The HotPot is a very innovative solution for the millions of people who cook using biomass material (wood, animal, dung, crop residue). Biomass material for fuel is extremely toxic when used over a long period of time and results in serious health consequences, including lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, low birth rate, cataracts, TB, and higher infant mortality.
The HotPot can bake, stew, boil, braise and fry food. Solar cookers address seven of the eight United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Ensure environmental sustainability
7. Develop a global partnership for development
The cost for each one is about $100.
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