Can a car really run on woodchips? This week on Car Talk, we got a call from a rather remarkable gentleman -- Hans, who escaped from Germany during World War II in car that ran on, yes, woodchips. His question: How does it work? Our humble hosts weren't exactly sure, but we bet someone out there…

I’m disappointed - you guys went to MIT & went to a couple of teacher colleges. It’s wood gasification! I remember hearing about these back in the gas crisis of the 70’s when we were wood gathering hippies. I looked it up and sure enough the technology goes back to the 1830’s at least. Anyway, we g…

It’s called a gasifier http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas .best results here guys! Interesting!~

[image] North Korea runs on wood-burning trucks If you've ever wondered what we'll do after we've run out of cheap oil, other than eat each other, you have only to look to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a.k.a. North Korea. Ever since the shipments of crude … …

Yeah, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas has everything. Not sure why they didn’t just Google it.

Car Talk’s Googler doesn’t work as well as the one the rest of us use. Or their college interns haven’t learned that you can use the internet for something more than gaming and downloading music and TV shows. I was about to post the same Wikipedia entry I learned in college that when petroleum r…

Here’s an instructible where it’s been done to a 90’s civic, including a step-by-step guide and video. [image] Convert Your Honda Accord to Run on Trash We may not yet have a flux capacitor for time travel, but we do already have the equivalent of "Mr. Fusion", which if cleverly applied,…

hey guys, Hans was right! It is possible! That’s how the North Koreans run their trucks. Due to their limited options of gasoline as fuel, but they have lots of woods! There’s a video in one of the links! [image] North Korea runs on wood-burning trucks If you've ever wondered what we'll …

I remember a high school demonstration in the 60’s where the teacher showed us that carbon monoxide (yes, the same stuff that’s so dangerous to breathe), CO, burns readily. Cannot believe you two educated guys did not know this.

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See a recent (2010) article by Vesa Mikkonen http://www.enotes.com/topic/Wood_gas on up to date versions

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