[Greenbuilding] Microwaved water

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Hear Hear.
It is the constant balance between scientists seeking absolutes so that we
can make sense of the world and the universe expanding infinitely.

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM, natural building
<naturalbuilding at shaw.ca>wrote:

> I love it when people (usually with lots of letters after their names) come
> out with categoric statements like: 'This is NOT true'!
>
> If all those people had been 'right' the world would still be flat and we'd
> be feeding Thalidomide to pregnant mothers!
>
> History is saturated with accounts of supposedly intelligent people making
> claims that are later proved to be wrong. We continue to learn. And if
> there's one thing that History teaches us (if we aren't too clever to learn)
> it's that what we THINK is an absolute truth, probably isn't.
>
> Hey, CERN has just discovered that neutrinos might travel faster than the
> speed of light.
> Damn, another 'absolute' belief going out the window... ! Sorry Albert.
> Nice try.
>
> In healthy 'disbelief'
>
> Steve Satow
>
> www.naturalbuildingsite.net
> naturalbuilding at shaw.ca
>
> On 2011-09-26, at 8:49 AM, Joe Killian wrote:
>
>    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
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:28 AM, natural building <
> 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
>> 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> 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 <1%20347%20244%203016> USA
>>
>> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
>>
>> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, elitalking <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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