ABOUT
The Dual Sport Solar Oven was designed by solar engineers and solar enthusiasts to be used in sun rich but fuel poor areas of the world. Solar cooking can improve the quality of life and nutrition of some of the 3 billion people who lack adequate cooking fuel.
THE IMPACT
Drinking Water
The Deforestation of Critical Habitats.
The Effects of Burning Wood, Coal, Oil or Other Combustibles
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports that each year up to one billion children suffer from diarrhea caused by drinking contaminated water. Of those children, 5 million die. Solar ovens can pasteurize water, giving more children a chance at life.
The forests of the world are disappearing, causing erosion, flooding, less oxygen, more CO2, and more droughts further reducing food supplies. Sunshine is nonpolluting and inexhaustible. Cooking with a solar oven means less deforestation, soil depletion, and pollution. This encourages more trees, and rain, better crops, and cleaner air. Dried animal dung gathered for fuel could be better used being put back into the soil for fertilizer.
Solar ovens reduce the amount of smoke inhaled by family members. This will mean less eye disease or blindness, and less lung disease. In addition, there will be fewer burns from children not falling into open fires. Fewer women will experience burns from their clothing catching on fire or small propane stoves exploding.
Nutritious Food
Food cooked in the Sport is actually more nutritious than food cooked by many other methods. Meats are cooked without adding any additional oil. Vegetables and fruits are cooked without adding water. With solar cooking the nutritional value stays right in the food. Because of the slow method of cooking, the food is more tender and therefore more easily chewed and digested by seniors and small children. In addition, foods do not burn or easily overcook and need not be stirred or watched. One can even bake bread in a solar oven.
Time Saver
In many parts of the world, the search and gathering of fuel for cooking takes up to 6-8 hours per day (daily or every other day). This time and energy could be better time spent with family members, improving health conditions, and increasing food supplies. A solar oven can be used year-round in the tropics and six to eight months of the year in many areas of the world. With reflectors and the Sport’s superior insulation, the Sport even performs well in below zero weather.
Budget Helper
Many families in developing countries face the challenge of both purchasing and gathering fuel. It's common for them to spend at least one US dollar daily on various fuel sources such as firewood, charcoal, propane, kerosene, or more costly electricity. The solar oven presents a valuable solution to combat the 13 to 18 million deaths caused by hunger and malnutrition each year globally. By minimizing food waste from burning or scorching and saving on fuel costs, families can better manage their budgets.
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