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BUILD IT YOURSELF

You are encouraged to build a solar cooker. Other designs exist and can be found on the web page of the INTERNATIONAL SOLAR COOKING ASSN in Sacramento, CA.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Simple. A parabolic curve is sandwiched between two reflection plates. Overhead is a tabletop with a vertical wind movable plate...which directs light to the parabolic curve reflector. The parabolic will focus the sun's energy to the grill for cooking. Beneath the grill is a triangle shape dark colored plate, which captures any stray rays that do not go to the grill...thus easier on the eyes. But more important this "cloud light" collector creates a jet of hot air, keeping the food warm until the sun comes out from behind the cloud. Key is the discovery of solar bags, which can be high tempeature Oven Bags, such as Turkey Bags. These bags trap the heat in, much like a greenhouse.

CAUTION: THIS IS NOT A TOY

If you build a big one, it is wise to wear UV resistant eyewear. Keep eye out of the grill area. The cloud light plate does help reduce eye strain, but more important the grill also doubles as a head guard to make it safe. The grill will concentrate close to 5 kilowatts energy (optical). Just like keeping your hand out of fire! It is best to clean the reflection surface when not pointed at the sun.

HOW TO COOK

There are two modes of operation: fully tracking, and fixed south. For example a giant 16 foot long version cold be built made of adobe brick, with reflection inserts. The food is placed on in the morning and just waits until noon, when the suns focus zaps it. The cloud light plate warms and keeps warm the food until served in the evening when you come home.

OTHER APPLICATIONS

It should be noted, the cloud light plate can be replaced with a vertical flatplate, to make hot air, such as for "solar combustion air". The invention is available for licensing, however, if you or your neighborhood wants to make it, be the inventors guest. We in the solar industry feel that the best way to get this technology out the fastest, is by letting people "make it themselves". It also allows us to get around the biggest obstacle to mass production of solar inventions, in that the Billionaire's Club is blacklisting solar inventors from capital investment. That is the nice thing about solar technology...it reaches out to those in the "throwaway class". Scary idea, having people make their own energy!

OUR FAVORITE RECIPE: ROASTED BILL GATES

Take a turkey, place in two oven bags, and place in focal point of sun of concentrating collector, the bigger the better. The secret to solar cooking is cooking with light, then heat. It is theorized that when light penetrates, much like a microwave, the light creates a microwave-like effect, cooking food even better. We call it the Solar Vitamin!

We call this recipe: Roasted Seattle Billionaire! Why? Simple, the people who have the resources have solar energy inventions blacklisted from investment. When we have only 20% of the world's population using 80% of the world's energy, it is hard for that 20% to imagine how "our" energy wasteful society is "creating wealth by destroying the wealth of others". That is the beauty of solar technology, it allows democrazation of energy, where those with "nothing" can have something. It is unfortunate, but solar energy inventions are indeed being kept out of production because of lack of capital investment. So cook up a solar turkey today.