Thursday, November 01, 2007

A Tip

:: for the greener good If it costs ten cents to cook one item in a microwave, it would cost forty-eight cents to cook the same item in a standard oven. If everyone in North America cooked exclusively with a microwave for a year, we’d save as much energy as the entire continent of Africa consumes during the same time.

3 comments:

Dr.John said...

That's why I almost always cook with the microwave.

pilgrimchick said...

However, microwaved foods taste "zapped" in the most extreme sense of the term--if there is a sense of that term.

So, why not return to the fire pit in the backyard? No energy used and best taste around. I am completely up for that.

David Amulet said...

Interesting. Some items don't cook well in the microwave, but most things are just fine. Good to keep in mind.

Then again, if energy savings are our real goal, then we should just eat our food raw.

-- david

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