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Yes and no. You are right that indoor cooking (or outdoor on wood) is indeed one of the biggest causes of death worldwide. It dwarfs deaths by malaria. And wher
by kaon_2 11mo ago
Yes and no. You are right that indoor cooking (or outdoor on wood) is indeed one of the biggest causes of death worldwide. It dwarfs deaths by malaria. And where people don't die, it causes respiratory issues. I don't know the math but it is similar to smoking X cigarettes a day.
- sidenote - You always learn that in centuries past, people didn't grow old. I never knew why but my current suspicion is that air pollution by stoves and hearths was probably the top 3 cause.
However, cooking isn't (yet) solved by solar. Making heat from electricity is hard! Clean Cooking solutions often use propane, butane, or wooden pallets. Clean Cooking companies face all of the same issues as the Off grid solar companies of this article. But you'd be surprised that it is really considered a different industry. Customers and price plans are the same, but funding often comes from different sources.
Making affordable, electric, clean cooking solutions would be one of the most impactful inventions of our generation. Even then, challenges remain: No cultural activity is as steeped in tradition as cooking, and convincing people to change this, resulting in different tasting meals, is hard. Particular if it is the man deciding on the money, and the woman doing the work.
- looofooo0 11mo agoalibaba.com/product-detail/Solar-DC-12V-24V-Battery-Powered_60758353185.html
- razakel 11mo ago>I don't know the math but it is similar to smoking X cigarettes a day. The article says two packs a day.
- kaon_2 11mo agoI oversaw that thank you :)
- myrmidon 11mo ago> Making heat from electricity is hard! Why? All you need is resistive wires, and minimal, dirt cheap electronics for regulation and shutdown/safety. You can find this in literally any $20 kettle or toaster, no need to supply Africans with induction cooktops for thousands of dollars...
- mrWiz 11mo agoYou also need a buttload of electric power, which is the bottleneck.
- looofooo0 11mo agoNot really, my old microwave has 500 Watts, this should be also enough for slow resistive cooking while being insulated.You will find 12V/24V 2.8L/5L Dc Electric Pressures Cookers with 250W-300W on AliExpress. (1l needs roughly 0.1kwh of energy to go from 20 to 100°C) Additionally, you might save a lot of energy by using a hay box after it starts to boil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haybox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haybox
- arccy 11mo agoslow cooking: see above on changing the taste of food that's deeply rooted in tradition
- looofooo0 11mo agoSo? Everyone used to cook over woodfire. If the benefits are good enough, like massiv time saving, it will change.
- mrWiz 11mo agoIMO 500 watts of sustained electrical power is a fair bit, especially compared to every other electric device these households are likely to have.
- looofooo0 11mo ago500wh battery can deliver that for 1 hour.