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Solar energy technologies

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hot pot
Black-enameled steel pot
inside a tempered glass
bowl, reaches 100-120
C, aluminium foldable
reflector, 5 liters capacity,
made in Mexico.

sun oven alSol


Solar oven ideal for Parabolic solar cooker
baking, reaches 110-150 ideal for frying, 600 W,
C, aluminium foldable reaches 200 C, solar sur-
reflector, wood and face aluminium reflector,
tempered glass, portable, 140 cm diameter, family
made in USA. use, made in Spain.
The firewood crisis affects more than 2.500
million people in the planet. But most of them
energy
live in the developing world. Is that the reason consumption
why nobody is taking it seriously? fuelwood accounts for
15% of global
energy consumption
The chief use of the worlds (more than nuclear
wood is not as building materials and hydropower
indoor together)
air pollution or paper, but as fuel
2,2 million deaths
annually from lung
diseases + cataracts
and eye problems deforestation + erosion contamination
+ desertification & pollution
63% of the wood
harvested is burned cooking and heating
for cooking or emit 15% of CO2
to provide heat world emissions

Half of people suffering


shortage of cooking fuel
live in sun-rich areas

Data excerpt from: WHO - World Health Organization U.N. (2003), WRI - World Resources Institute (2002), FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization U.N. (1999) www.ecoterra.org

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