Changes: Mobile Solar Taco Stand

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This text was borrowed from an email from Louise Meyer to Tom Sponheim, 2010-Feb

First day of operation- Solar taco stand in Oaxaca, Mex — First day of operation for the solar taco stand

It has been a 15 year family tradition for Alfredo García Martínez to sell beef tacos at the corner of Gardenia and the naval military school in Oaxaca, Mexico. But these days, his set-up is a bit different from the competition’s: his is the first in the country that cooks using solar energy. The roof mounted solar cooker is a type of cylindro-parabolic solar cooker that can produce temperatures in excess of 212 degrees F.

City officials are interested in the solar taco stand because it poses less of a risk than a conventional cooking stand. Typical cooking stands carry pressurized containers of gas to provide the cooking energy.

The taco stand was designed by Michael Gotz with an estimated cost of $8000. Three Swiss organizations sponsored the project: GloboSol, SolarSpar, and Service Industrial Foundation of the City of Geneva.

News and recent developments

February 2010: Tacos with solar energy - Diario Despertar de Oaxaca

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-It has been a 15 year family tradition for Alfredo García Martínez to sell beef tacos at the corner of Gardenia and the naval military school in Oaxaca, Mexico.  But these days, his set-up is a bit different from the competition’s:  his is the first in the country that cooks using solar energy.  The roof mounted solar cooker is a type of [[cylindro-parabolic solar cookers | cylindro-parabolic solar cooker]] that can produce temperatures in excess of 212 degrees F.  The taco stand was designed by [[Michael Gotz]].  The cost of the stand was estimated to be $8000.  Three Swiss organizations sponsored the project: [[GloboSol]], SolarSpar, and Service Industrial Foundation of the City of Geneva.
+It has been a 15 year family tradition for Alfredo García Martínez to sell beef tacos at the corner of Gardenia and the naval military school in Oaxaca, Mexico.  But these days, his set-up is a bit different from the competition’s:  his is the first in the country that cooks using solar energy.  The roof mounted solar cooker is a type of [[cylindro-parabolic solar cookers | cylindro-parabolic solar cooker]] that can produce temperatures in excess of 212 degrees F.
+City officials are interested in the solar taco stand because it poses less of a risk than a conventional cooking stand.  Typical cooking stands carry pressurized containers of gas to provide the cooking energy.
+The taco stand was designed by [[Michael Gotz]] with an estimated cost of $8000.  Three Swiss organizations sponsored the project: [[GloboSol]], SolarSpar, and Service Industrial Foundation of the City of Geneva.
 ==News and recent developments==