CNN Feature on wood-gas burning truck

[Medman]

Not usually my thing, but here is a link I saw this morning to a wood-gas burner. Cool!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/02/dnt.wood.powered.truck.cnn?hpt=hp_t2

 

[denjohn]

http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/wood-gasification-intriguing-emergency-fuel-source/58332

here's a good link to one person's experience and perspective.

 

[begreen]

There is a US based woodgas association with lots of helpful info and a forum at:
http://www.woodgas.net/

 

[Sisu]

The technology has been around for some time. During World War II, Finland used it to run cars and trucks while fighting the Russians, as oil and gas were scarce.

 

[begreen]

Yes, that's when a lot of it got developed and refined. A good part of eastern Europe ran on wood gas during WWII.

 

[a1neelix]

utterpower.com has information on gassifiers and my favorite the old lister diesels with massive flywheels very efficient!