Combined stove limits climate change

Is the ' stove ' a black cardboard box, coated with tin foil (actually a very thin silver coating) and acrylic plastic that can solve social and environmental problems? is not? The Forum for the Future (Forum for the Future) confirmed that it is possible.

Kyoto Box " stove " uses solar energy. (Photo: Internet).

"Kyoto Box ", which is the name of the solar cooking oven and boiling water, is so named to remind people of the Kyoto Protocol with the participation of most of the countries. gender (although there are some large countries that have not signed) with the content of limiting polluting waste, preventing climate change, causing global warming, it has received the first prize, worth $ 75,000 in the competition organized by Financial Times and HP Group.

The funny thing is that the ' greenhouse effect ' - the cause of planetary damage is used to save the planet from rising temperatures. Four acrylic plastic lid plates, covered with a thin, normal silver cover, when opened, cover on two interlocking cardboard boxes with insulation to ' trap ' the solar energy. Inside the box was completely painted black. In the middle of the box is a heat recovery structure, used to heat food or cook water. The box is effective when set out in the sun, and is very suitable for tropical countries, especially African countries are always ' sunshine'.

This is the invention of John Bohmer, the Norwegians are considered to be effective measures to help 2 billion people in the world (mainly in rural countries of the Third World) currently cooking with wood to switch cook with an endless amount of regeneration from the sun. Thanks to Kyoto box cooking, CO2 emissions can be significantly reduced. According to calculations, this stove is surprisingly cheap, costing only $ 5 / unit.

According to the reward committee, this stove has the advantage:

- Reduce carbon emissions from burning wood

- Limit deforestation for firewood

- Reduce pollution in the home, adversely affecting people's health

- Cook away from losing money with solar energy.

- Families have access to clean water

- It takes time for children to collect firewood to focus on studying.

" Kyoto box " began production in Nairobi (Kenya), which has a capacity of 2.5 million 'Kyoto boxes' in a month.