Inventor of Low Tech Fridge Wins Award

juju2112 writes "Mohammed Bah Abba of Nigeria won a Rolex award for his pot-in-pot invention. Here's how it works. You take a smaller pot and put it inside a larger pot. Fill the space in between them with wet sand, and cover the top with a wet cloth. When the water evaporates, it pulls the heat out with it, making the inside cold. It's a natural, cheap, easy-to-make refrigerator."

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assault on agrarian lifestyles

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Everyone is missing the most important part of this development. What will this do to the economy of nigeria? What about the farmers who will be able to sell less food because food will last longer? This evil technology should be banned by the nigerian government. Let the proles rise!