Old Tech: Wood Gasifiers, solution to fuel shortage back in WW2

[ghosthunter]

I know its not a viable solution for today's transport problem but it is a pretty interesting reading. A vehicle with an internal combustion engine running on wood.





http://www.woodgas.com/history.htm

http://www.green-trust.org/woodgas.htm

http://www.global-greenhouse-warming...generator.html

[dvldoc]

Defietly not unheard of, It's just like composting. There are certain land fill sites that run deep large bore pipes down and utilized the methane for a sorce of energy.

Back in Oklahoma city at one of our landfills, and this thing is a freaking monster, it has big smoke stacks with flames that have been buring as long as I can remember.

[ghosthunter]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwR18kILPWQ&feature=related"]YouTube - Planet Mechanics -- Forget Horsepower-We're Talking Treepower[/ame]

Presenting the PLANET MECHANICS who built a truck powered by wood-gas.

(If you have *******, you can download the entire series from your favorite UK ******* sites.)