Salvadoran wins prestigious prize for efficient, clean stove, but loses wife, family, life savings

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http://www.latimes.com/search/la-fi-stoveguy28nov28,0,5628086.story?page=1

"It's a stainless-steel cooker that uses about 95% less fuel than conventional wood stoves, with minimal pollution. It would seem to be a can't-miss technology in a country where millions still cook with wood and most forests have been destroyed... The device has garnered Nuñez a prestigious environmental prize. It has earned him a U.S. patent. And it has won fans among some Salvadoran peasants who no longer spend a good chunk of their days hunting for firewood and the rest inhaling cooking smoke... It has also wrecked Nuñez's marriage, alienated two of his three children and swallowed his life savings."