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Cooking in the sunshine

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'Appropriate technology' is touted as a solution to many of the energy needs of developing countries. A pi lot project to introduce solar ovens in Central America shows one way forward.

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  1. Division of Biology, Mail Stop 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA

    Daniel M. Kammen

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