Comments on: Run Your Car on Wood? No Joke.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:44:19 +0000

Wiki has no idea what they’re talking about. That statement about eastern forests being cleared is absolute rubbish. It has never happened. I’m so tired of wiki and other neo-historians trying to make out that the US depleted it’s resources at some point in time or another: ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. The locomotives used wood because it was plentiful and cheap. They used coal because it was plentiful and cheaper. They’ve switched to diesel because it’s plentiful and cheaper. There is no need for environmental cause statements such as “most of the Eastern forests were cleared.” We have more forested acres now in this country than ever before, and more trees per acre than ever before. Please don’t use Wikipedia as a reliable source for anything other than misinformation and propaganda. They’re like the government, except they can’t tax us yet.

By: Den

Den — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:58:23 +0000

Don’t judge, I know quite a bit about it and I have never seen one. The gasifier was invented in the early 1800s and around 1900 someone in Europe started to run an engine on it. There were over a million of the things in use during WW2 all over the world, including the United States. Many farms used them to power their tractors. My father told me about them from back in the depression and WW2. They are still used in China, Africa, North Korea and anywhere fossil fuels are scarce. With the better materials we have now a day a nice one could be built and with the ability to control the unit with electronics it would be very efficient. I have read because there was so much data on them from Europe they have them 70 percent efficient. That’s damn good and with the cost of fuel we may start seeing them again. 1000kg of wood is about the same 385 liters of fuel. Not bad I think.

By: knucky

knucky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:42:05 +0000

the fact is there are more trees in the u.s. now than when columbus sailed into the gulf of mexico.

By: knucky

knucky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:38:44 +0000

of course there is global warming if there wasnt there would be a sheet of ice a mile thick over a third of the u.s. i will take 90 above over 40 below any day.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:05:58 +0000

Common sense – before people get too excited – or put this idea down too far think about what this does – it is an option. Most likely this will never be a popular option – I also don’t think running an engine on french fry oil is practical for most people and won’t be popular. However, the exciting thing is that we are re-discovering options found decades ago that may work for some people in some cases. Example, I have a brother-in-law with his own saw mill. He usually just gets rid of all the shavings and saw dust any way he can, usually just spreading them on his property. He can’t give enough of it away. For him (and for me) this could be an option that can work since I have access to these resources. Knowing about the technology and having resources to use it is a big key – as for global warming, yeah keep that idea up. I don’t think that is gaining a whole lot any more either – thankfully

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:05:00 +0000

By: robert allen

robert allen — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:40:19 +0000

during and after WW2 many vehicles ran on wood, charcoal, coal, and real neat carbide.Japan.

By: curtis

curtis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:02:15 +0000

i think all these solutions are great . theres just one thing i would like no where do or what website do i go to that would show me how to make my own gasifire for home heating purposes i already burn wood in a old wood burning stove

By: curtis

curtis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:02:00 +0000

By: lloyd

lloyd — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:59:59 +0000

Blue prints to build this system will be needed / lloyd/