Vermont man creates device using solar power to boil water Ken Puzey is using his new creation to help provide safe, clean drinking water and jobs to Kenyans. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT THEY CAN AFFORREPORTER: USING NOTHING BUT THESUN, KEN PUZEY IS BOILING WATER.>> THE SUNLIGHT COMES HERE, HITSTHIS REFLECTOR, AND THEREFLECTOR FOCUSES THE LIGHT ONTOTHIS VACUUM TUBE.REPORTER: THE VACUUM TUBEINSULATES WELL ENOUGH TO COLLECTTHE SOLAR HEAT AND HOLD ONTO ITEVEN ON CHILLY DAY.>> IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT ITS DEGREES OUTSIDE HERE; WE'VE GOT212 DEGREE WATER INSIDE THERREPORTER: EVEN WHEN YOU'VE JUSTBOILED WATER, YOU CAN STILLTOUCH THE TUBE.>> ON THE OUTSIDE.WOULDN'T TOUCH IT ON THE INSIDE.REPORTER: KEN DEVELOPED THEBOILER ON HIS OWN AND AFTER AFEW REDISGNS CAME UP WITH THISMODEL, WHICH HE SAYS HE MELTEDSNOW AND BOILED THE WATER WITH,IN ZERO-DEGREE WEATHER.IF IT WORKS THAT WELL INVERMONT, HE SAYS, YOU SHOULD SEEWHAT IT CAN DO IN KENY>> THEIR SUN'S A LITTLE STRONGERTHAN OURS.THEY'LL BOIL WATER IN 40 MINUTESIN KENYA.REPORTER: ON A MISSION TRIP KENWAS EXPOSED TO THE EFFECTS OFUNSAFE DRINKING WATER, AND THEPARASITES IT CAN INFECT PEOPLEWITH.>> JUST IMAGINE YOURSELF THATYOU HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE YOEATING YOU, OR EATING YOUR8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND IT'STOTALLY PREVENTABLALL THESE PEOPLE NEED IS ACCESSTO SAFE DRINKING WATER.REPORTER: 133 MILLION PEOPLEAROUND THE WORLD SUFFER FROMHIGH-INTESITY WORM INFECTIONS.UNSAFE DRINKING WATER KILLS MOREPEOPLE IN KENYA THAN ANYTHINGELSE, 1.3% OF THE POPULATIONLARGELY CHILDREN.BOILING WATER IS A SOLUTION, BUTHE SAYS NOT AS EASY AS YOU MIGHTTHINK.>> IF THEY BOIL THEIR WATER ITSSAFE TO DRINK BUT ITS ANECONOMIC ISSUE, I CAN'T AFFORDTHE EXTRA FUEL TO BOIL MY WATERAND SO THEY DRINK THE WATER ANDKIND OF ROLL THE DICE AND 98.7%OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T KILL YOUREPORTER: HE LOOKED UP AND SAW ASIMPLE SOLUTION SHINING DOWN ONHIM GIVING PEOPLE A FREE FUELSOURCE TO SANITIZE WATER ANDEVEN COOK WITH IT.BUT KEN DIDN'T STOP THERE, HEMOVED HIS MANUFRACTURINGEQUIPMENT TO KISUMU KENYA TOHELP IN ANOTHER WAY, PROVIDINGJOBS FOR AGED OUT ORPHAN>> WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN AGE,YOU'RE PUSHED OUT OF THEORPHANAGE AND ITS VERY HARD,WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY,TO FIND A JOB IN AN AREA WHEREONLY 40% OF THE PEOPLE AREEMPLOYEDREPORTER: HE SAYS PUTTING THEMTO WORK BUILDING SOLAR WATERBOILERS GIVE THEM A LIVELIHOODAND HELPS CHIP AWAY AT THEGLOBAL PROBLEM OF SAFE DRINKINGWATER.>> THIS IS A LONGER-TERMSOLUTION AND I THINK IT'S ALSO AVERY ECONOMICAL SOLUTION TO THE

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