Solar Cookers International (SCI) held its annual Shine On event Aug. 21 at the Sierra 2 community center in Curtis Park. The event included demonstrations of solar cooking, complimentary solar-cooked food and two informative presentations hosted by notable Sacramentans. About 250 people of all ages were in attendance. SCI volunteer Del Tura demonstrated the potential of the solar box cooker. Overlooking a large lamp positioned near a cooker, Tura enthusiastically described the history and ef... adbento Sherry comment-14168 2009-09-22T01:06:57Z 2009-09-22T01:06:57Z At 2:22 pm on Aug 21, 09 the thermometer in this solar cooker read. 340 F . http://cgi.ebay.com/Solar-Cooker-Light-21oz-Camp-Home-Survival-Cooking-Kit_W0QQitemZ350234911256QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518ba0a218&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 Sherry 2009-09-22T01:06:57Z patricia4solarcookers comment-13537 2009-09-10T19:25:35Z 2009-09-10T19:25:35Z This idea has been around longer than the 1970s. In fact, Augustine Mouchot, a frenchman, made a portable solar cooker for Napoleon's troops in the French Foreign Legion in 1877. There is an even earlier use of the concept recorded, when in 1767, Horace de Saussure, (another Frenchman!), heated soup in an insulated box covered by layers of glass. patricia4solarcookers 2009-09-10T19:25:35Z Sonia Lucyga comment-13185 2009-09-03T07:52:01Z 2009-09-03T07:52:01Z GREAT photos, as usual. Sonia Lucyga 2009-09-03T07:52:01Z Anthony Bento comment-12807 2009-08-28T22:42:00Z 2009-08-28T22:42:00Z Even though the devices have been around for decades, there's a lack of knowledge out there when it comes to solar cooking. I admit I was skeptical at first, but the solar cookers do really work! I'm not sure about the scalability of the production of solar cookers, but I'd imagine the solar cooker would be like most other items; the more we produce, the cheaper each unit gets. Anthony Bento 2009-08-28T22:42:00Z Kassandra Perlongo comment-12805 2009-08-28T22:28:30Z 2009-08-28T22:28:30Z I am flashing back to my childhood and remembering summer days being 110 and seeing if it was hot enough to cook cookies in a car parked in the sun! Great article, and beautiful pictures by the way. What a great and effective device to be used in third world nations. If this has been around since the 1970s why hasn't this idea really caught on? Is the technology expensive to mass produce? Kassandra Perlongo 2009-08-28T22:28:30Z pumpkinpie comment-12800 2009-08-28T21:41:25Z 2009-08-28T21:41:25Z great article! informative and inspirational. thank you! pumpkinpie 2009-08-28T21:41:25Z Kathleen Haley comment-12793 2009-08-28T16:14:34Z 2009-08-28T16:14:34Z I want to eat those cookies! Kathleen Haley 2009-08-28T16:14:34Z