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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.<br>
Joe<br>
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On 9/26/2011 8:31 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote:
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cite="mid:CAPV9BxNcnw7qEqV81CRj+cvmbkU6rm9Q6xAAJ-pAOLHVgqqFPQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Maybe somebody on this list with a microwave can do
the test? Seems like a pretty big deal worth looking into?
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Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>
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Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:28 AM,
natural building <span dir="ltr"><<a
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wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word;">While I make no claims
as to whether the 'microwaved water' story is true or
false.
<div>I do question whether 'Snopes' is the right authority
with which to categorically dismiss it!</div>
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<div>Regards,<br>
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<div>On 2011-09-26, at 8:03 AM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:</div>
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<div>Gennaro,<br>
when I read your message i knew the plant
experiment couldn't be true.<br>
I googled it, and I was right. Here is one link.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp"
target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp</a><br>
Ben<br>
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Gennaro
Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:info@ecobrooklyn.com"
target="_blank">info@ecobrooklyn.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Any thoughts out there
about microwaves and radiation? Also I've seen
those<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">tests where plants watered
with water that was first boiled in a microwave<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">died. I've avoided
microwaves for these reasons.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>
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Cell: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:1%20347%20244%203016"
value="+13472443016" target="_blank">1 347 244
3016</a> USA<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com"
target="_blank">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>
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<blockquote type="cite">22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY
11231<br>
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, elitalking
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target="_blank">elitalking@rockbridge.net</a>><br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Induction stoves are
great. I learned about them from this list.
My wife<br>
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skeptical, but is not a believer. We are
moving<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">towards grid tied
photovoltaic. The most efficient cooking is
microwave. It<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">heats the water first
which is the food. The ceramic or glass
container is<br>
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heated by conduction from the food. We do
not use plastic. However, some<br>
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vegetables, boiled foods or some bread baking
do not<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">work in microwave.
Foods that require a lot of boiling or frying
go to<br>
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induction stove top. Foods that require
baking go to Brevell Oven. This<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">used a typical heat
element, but it is smaller than typical oven.
The<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">controls are very
precise for heating temp and time. It is big
enough for<br>
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almost all we cook. The big Thanksgiving
Turkey is the only dinner event it<br>
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However, we discovered that we cut the Turkey
up and it<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">is able to cook half the
Turkey which is more than enough for our<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">traditionally glutinous
meal. It is the least efficient of three.
However,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">it's smaller size and
superior control makes it far more efficient
than the<br>
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traditional range, gas or electric.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Benjamin Pratt writes:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">In my case, with a house
that I've tried to tighten-up, but which is<br>
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still somewhat leaky--I don't exhaust any of
the heat from my gas<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">stove. So it's very
efficient--any energy that does not cook the
food,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">helps to heat the house.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">My comment:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">The inefficient
appliance that produces waste heat is only a
benefit<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">during the heating
season. In the summer it is an additional
liability for<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">comfort or cooling cost
of removing that heat.<br>
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Eli<br>
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