In other words, as the mountain of evidence in favor of solar cooking grows beyond the point where it can be ignored, momentum behind solar cooking will increase. In that light, it is important to note events in China and India. Both countries recognized by the 1980s that cooking fuel needs were completely at odds with needs to protect threatened forest resources. Both countries launched national solar cooker programs. While some critics find flaws with some of these programs, something on the order of 600,000 solar cookers have been produced in India and more than a million in China. As these nascent solar cooking economies grow, they are likely to influence many other actors or potential actors on the world scene.