<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear David, <div><br></div><div>Every once in a while, somewone comes online with a ground-breaking innovaiton . You to my mind are owed a sincere thanks for introducing us to just that; Sun Buckets. (<a href="http://www.sunbuckets.com">http://www.sunbuckets.com</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Well beyond solar cookers, the sun bucket represents a serious potential addition to the renewable energy stoves biofuels mix in a wide range of environments. </div><div>Question is , can be replicated cost effectively and at least in part locally reproduced in an equitable fashion to the originators and the local adaptors globally.</div><div><br></div><div>At minimum it can be a good compliment to what each of us are tying to accomplish —if approached in the above manner. </div><div>The more short sighted of us can and will also screw it up by grabbing the idea and running with it as their own —with no interaction with the originators but in the long run </div><div>they lose the benefit of free exchange of ideas and support such as this list offers. </div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully we have evolved beyond that to realise the opportunity it presents as a shared effort making sure that everyone involved gets fair compensation ( in kind , in cash </div><div>or just market recognition or ???) </div><div><br></div><div>We are exploring just such a working relationship with them now and will revert </div><div><br></div><div>Richard Stanley</div><div><a href="http://www.legacyfound.org">www.legacyfound.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jan 3, 2017, at 11:51 AM, David Stein <<a href="mailto:ambwat@gmail.com">ambwat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">D<font size="2">ear All,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font size="2"><br></font></span></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">I am a newcomer to the Stoves list but I’ve spent some
time in the household energy sector in developing Vanuatu which is where I met
Nikhil.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">I am fascinated by solar cooking these days.<span> </span>There are many potential socio-economic and
environmental benefits of solar cooking and they are all very seductive.<span> </span>Just thinking about fuel-free and
emission-free cooking is intoxicating.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">However, it seems that it is difficult to
achieve the potential benefits of solar cooking (especially in the developing
world) largely because those that dwell in hot climates (which is where much of
the developing world seems to be located) have developed lifestyles that
minimize exposure to the sun whereas most methods of solar cooking require the
cook to be out in the sun, often at times of the day that aren’t typical
cooking times.<span> </span>These facts make the
difficult task of changing the cooking habits of cooks even more challenging.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">But it appears as though the Sun Bucket </span><a href="http://www.sunbuckets.com/"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">http://www.sunbuckets.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><span> </span>“cracks all of these nuts.”<span> </span>This amazing innovation is “charged” with the
heat of sunshine and the heat is stored in a “sun bucket” (phase change
“”battery”) where it can be used when (like in the evening or early morning)
and where (like inside a kitchen) it is needed.<span>
</span>It cooks as hot as cooking on fire and existing cooking pots and pans
can be used so there is minimal need for changes in cooking behavior.<span> </span>It also seems very affordable.<span> </span>I guess it’s what they call transformational. <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">It looks as though a Sun Bucket should be a
part of every integrated coking scheme (solar cooking when it's sunny, using an
Improved Cook Stove when it's not, and maybe using a retained heat cooker with
both) everywhere the sun shines in the developing world.<span> </span>I can hardly wait for the Sun Bucket to be
unleashed to the world-wide market of cooks that could really use them.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Best wishes for the coming year.</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">David Stein</span></font></p>
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