<div dir="ltr">Here in the Marshall Islands, the another science teacher wanted them thrown away because they were bulky and had no value in classes centered on environmental science and climate change. Of course we are only about 2/3 meters above sea level<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" target="_blank">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;line-height:initial">Let's not assume anything. These were the findings of the study which was a multi-year attempt to find out if there was any long term reason to get involved in the promotion of solar
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<span style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;line-height:initial">The conclusion was, no. And they swore them off. For them, if they had a chance anywhere that was the ideal place, and it was not viable. </span></div>
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<div>You have listed enough reasons to dispute the sanity of GIZ experts. </div>
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On Jun 13, 2017, at 11:35 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" target="_blank">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing"><span>One of the main problems encountered with solar cookers (K14, K16 and so on) in the last big GIZ effort in North-West Province of South Africa was, in spite of the rural location, theft of the stoves for sale to scrap
merchants. Aluminum is valuable. </span></p>
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<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">Another common problem is wind tipping them over.</p>
<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">A third is wind-blown dust getting into the food.</p>
<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">A fourth is theft of the food.</p>
<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">A fifth is storage of the unit. </p>
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<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">People have little space in their homes and storage of a valuable cooker outdoors is not practical.</p>
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<p class="m_-2998778485329479889MsoNoSpacing">GIZ spent about 7m Euros on that project and declared no further interest in solar cookers.</p>
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