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Cardboard Box Solar Cooker

Do you think the discovery of fire was revolutionary? How about a cardboard box that uses the suns rays to cook without burning wood? Thats precisely what the Kyoto Box, a cardboard solar cooker, can do. Made out of basic, 5th-grade-science-experiment type materials, the Kyoto box solar cooker offers an amazing solution for thousands of people: the ability to cook and heat water without burning wood. So how does it work? Inventor John Bohmer says the box uses the greenhouse effect for something good. The Kyoto Box consists of two cardboard boxes, one which Bohmers own 5-year-old daughter helped him paint black, and another covered with tin foil to help concentrate the suns rays. A plexiglass cover is used to trap heat inside making it possible for the box to boil and bake, but not fry, so it is also healthy. The Kyoto Box is already in production at a factory in Nairobi, and Bohmer hopes to offer the box in a recycled plastic form in the future. The cost of the box will be a mere 5 euros. The idea for the Kyoto Box came from Kenyan-based inventor John Bohmers desire to create a cooking apparatus that would eliminate the need to burn wood, which not only leads to deforestation but also emits harmful CO2. Judges of Forum for the Futures Climate Change Challenge were certainly impressed by the ability of the box to decrease global warming, but, mostly of all, they liked what the Kyoto Box can mean to parts of the world where finding wood to cook with and clean water to drink is an everyday struggle. Mr. Bohmer won the top prize of $ 75,000 in the Financial Times Climate Change Challenge for his incredible invention.
Adapted from http://inhabitat.com/kyoto-box-wins-climate-change-challenge/

Read the article and check if these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
a. b. c. d. e. f. A chef has won a cooking award by using the Suns rays. A new invention allows people to boil water using a cardboard cooker. The inventor said his idea was extremely difficult and complex. The invention can help people to boil water. The inventor suggested his invention is too expensive. The device will not be useful for people who do not have wood. T T T T T T / / / / / / F F F F F F