Re: would like your input on alternative fuels

Posted by jdemaris on July 03, 2006 at 12:41:01 from (69.67.229.197):

In Reply to: would like your input on alternative fuels posted by Truth seeker on July 03, 2006 at 08:14:16:

I don't believe there is a consensus among experts in regard to biofuel and the net gain, if any, that results. I have heard a few claim that modern methods result in more engergy out than in, but just as many and I suspect more, still maintain there is NO gain - just loss. The projections that I've read - that claim a gain - leave a lot of facts out of the equation. I suspect some juggle the data in order to reap the huge government incentives for startup money. It HAS been proven, over and over, that a dollar spent on efficiency shows more gain than a dollar spent on alterntative fuel - at least so far.
I've been interested in the wood-gas technology. It's been done since the late 1800s and was very popular during WWII. It is still used today in remote third-world areas for trucks, cars, tractors, and electric gen-sets. As I understand it, a long-stroke, low-comression gas engine is best suited for it - which makes most tractor gas engines perfect for the conversion. The fuel used is often scrap - garbage, paper, cardboard, sticks & branches, along with anything else that will burn/smolder. Most of the setups I've seen installed on autos do not look very stylish - but they DO work. I recently looked at a 17KW genset powered with a Continental flathead four-cylinder gas engine that ran on woodgas and it works great. I'm considering converting mine.
There's lots of information available on the subject including detailed plans for conversions.

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