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'Appropriate technology' is touted as a solution to many of the energy needs of developing countries. A pi lot project to introduce solar ovens in Central America shows one way forward.

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  1. Division of Biology, Mail Stop 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA

    Daniel M. Kammen

  2. Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, USA

    William F. Lankford

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Kammen, D., Lankford, W. Cooking in the sunshine. Nature 348, 385–386 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/348385a0

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