[Stoves] Turbo-Cocina, turbo-cooker Wins Prize for Clean Burning

[Bruno M.]

A recent Treehugger article about the the " Turbo Cooker " from Rene 
Nunez of El salvador.

Grts
Bruno M.
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www.treehugger.com/files/2007/12/turbo-cooker.php

Turbo-cooker Wins Prize for Clean Burning

by Christine Lepisto, Berlin on 12. 2.07

A man with something to prove could change the world. And Rene Nunez 
had something to prove. After dedicating his life and fortune to his 
invention, he had to prove it could be done to show his family and 
friends that he is not following a crazy dream. Nunez claims to have 
succeeded. His invention, the Turbo-cooker (or turbo-cocina), could 
make life better for 3 billion people who rely on primitive wood- or 
biomass-burning stoves for cooking and heating.

According to the World Health Organization's report "Fuel for Life"  :
<www.cinu.org.mx/prensa/especiales/fuel%20for%20life.pdf> (pdf), "The 
inefficient burning of solid fuels on an open fire or traditional 
stove indoors creates a dangerous cocktail of hundreds of pollutants, 
primarily carbon monoxide and small particles, but also nitrogen 
oxides, benzene, butadiene, formaldehyde, polyaromatic hydrocarbons 
and many other health-damaging chemicals." Nunez claims to have a 
stove that burns very efficiently, reducing the amount of fuel which 
is needed by over 95%. That is 95% less deforestation, less 
greenhouse gases and less toxins in the living space of women and 
children around the world.

Nunez has won an environmental prize from the UN, funding from the 
Fondo Iniciativa para las Americas El Salvador (FIAES) and has 
received a US patent for his invention. According to Nunez, in an 
interview in the "El Salvador" :
<www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2002/10/13/nacional/nacio1.html> 
(Spanish), the secret to his cooker is that the combustion occurs at 
a much lower temperature than in a normal, open fire. In theory, this 
concept could apply to any combustibles, including natural gas or 
propane for example.

The turbo-cooker joins inventions like the "solar oven " :
<www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/the_sun_cook_so_1.php> in trying to 
address a fundamental need for humans around the world, while taking 
steps to sustainability which may also be useful for those of us 
lucky enough to consider cooking an engaging hobby or at least a 
pleasant household duty.

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