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To: cripplecreek
It was cool that they could power a truck with a woodstove but not really all that useful in an emergency.

You do realize that woodgas was used extensively in Britain during WWII, and our own government has a publication on doing exactly that, to run a tractor or a truck?

You can look on Google Books to get the US publication that shows you how to build one. Those Google Books are free.

/johnny

10 posted on 12/14/2011 6:10:59 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

It might be worth the time for a tractor but I can’t see wasting the time on a truck when a horse and wagon are a reliable alternative.


11 posted on 12/14/2011 6:15:28 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I know someone that can run a generator with a gasifier, that can run his whole house. And it runs his truck.


29 posted on 12/14/2011 9:02:19 PM PST by anbonjo
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