"Can we really cook with sunshine?" Mighty Girl asked me with amazement. She had come across some website that was talking about solar energy (how I love the information highway). "Yes," I answered. And then I saw that gleam in her eye that I had seen so many times before. I could see the wheels turning. "I think that we can get plans to make our own solar cooker," I told her. With that said she handed me the computer. So I surfed many sites, and decided to use the pizza boxes since we had just ordered from Papa Johns the night before. I located all the the things that we needed. And they were off. This really started to inspire me. I found a couple "real" solar cookers for sale and was thrilled about the possibility of not using my oven at all. And then I found some other solar products that I would love to have for our home. Solar panels, solar water heater, solar attic fans, and so much more. I just relish in the idea that if we produced more energy then we use we can sell it back to the power company. Too bad that these things seem to be so expensive. Well, Christmas isn't that far away, is it?
3 comments:
How cool! I've been wanting to try this (I actually have the links saved on how to make the cooker). How did the cookies turn out??
They took longer then I had thought but, I think it was because it was soooo windy and the panel kept flying back. And once the entire cooker flew away even though I had it taped down with duct tape. But the cookies were good.
What a productive week they have had! I love this uschooling stuff lol so much learning going on what is a mother to do?
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