[Greenbuilding] Microwaved water (was Induction cooking)
Joe Killian
kaa-ajk at sonic.net
Mon Sep 26 10:49:15 CDT 2011
Having spent 21 total years in school culminating in a PhD program
in Atmospheric Physics, let me say that the poisoned water from a
microwave story is pure paranoid fancy and you should be careful what
you choose to believe.
Joe
On 9/26/2011 8:31 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote:
> Maybe somebody on this list with a microwave can do the test? Seems
> like a pretty big deal worth looking into?
>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
>
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com <http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com>
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:28 AM, natural building
> <naturalbuilding at shaw.ca <mailto:naturalbuilding at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
> While I make no claims as to whether the 'microwaved water' story
> is true or false.
> I do question whether 'Snopes' is the right authority with which
> to categorically dismiss it!
>
> Regards,
> Steve Satow
>
> www.naturalbuildingsite.net <http://www.naturalbuildingsite.net>
> naturalbuilding at shaw.ca <mailto:naturalbuilding at shaw.ca>
>
> On 2011-09-26, at 8:03 AM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:
>
>> Gennaro,
>> when I read your message i knew the plant experiment couldn't be
>> true.
>> I googled it, and I was right. Here is one link.
>> http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp
>> Ben
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
>> <info at ecobrooklyn.com <mailto:info at ecobrooklyn.com>> wrote:
>>> Any thoughts out there about microwaves and radiation? Also I've
>>> seen those
>>> tests where plants watered with water that was first boiled in a
>>> microwave
>>> died. I've avoided microwaves for these reasons.
>>> Gennaro Brooks-Church
>>>
>>> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 <tel:1%20347%20244%203016> USA
>>> www.EcoBrooklyn.com <http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com>
>>> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, elitalking
>>> <elitalking at rockbridge.net <mailto:elitalking at rockbridge.net>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Induction stoves are great. I learned about them from this
>>>> list. My wife
>>>> started out a little skeptical, but is not a believer. We are
>>>> moving
>>>> towards grid tied photovoltaic. The most efficient cooking is
>>>> microwave. It
>>>> heats the water first which is the food. The ceramic or glass
>>>> container is
>>>> heated by conduction from the food. We do not use plastic.
>>>> However, some
>>>> foods like stir fried vegetables, boiled foods or some bread
>>>> baking do not
>>>> work in microwave. Foods that require a lot of boiling or
>>>> frying go to
>>>> induction stove top. Foods that require baking go to Brevell
>>>> Oven. This
>>>> used a typical heat element, but it is smaller than typical
>>>> oven. The
>>>> controls are very precise for heating temp and time. It is big
>>>> enough for
>>>> almost all we cook. The big Thanksgiving Turkey is the only
>>>> dinner event it
>>>> could not handle. However, we discovered that we cut the
>>>> Turkey up and it
>>>> is able to cook half the Turkey which is more than enough for our
>>>> traditionally glutinous meal. It is the least efficient of
>>>> three. However,
>>>> it's smaller size and superior control makes it far more
>>>> efficient than the
>>>> traditional range, gas or electric.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Benjamin Pratt writes:
>>>>
>>>> In my case, with a house that I've tried to tighten-up, but
>>>> which is
>>>> still somewhat leaky--I don't exhaust any of the heat from my gas
>>>> stove. So it's very efficient--any energy that does not cook
>>>> the food,
>>>> helps to heat the house.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My comment:
>>>>
>>>> The inefficient appliance that produces waste heat is only a
>>>> benefit
>>>> during the heating season. In the summer it is an additional
>>>> liability for
>>>> comfort or cooling cost of removing that heat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eli
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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>> the university of wisconsin stout
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