![]() ![]() Well, just days before the deadline for this issue, our research crew put the finishing touches on that wood powered generator. In that report, we also mentioned that we were in the process of adapting the technology to a stationary generating system. In “ Wood Gas Truck: Road Power From Wood Gasification,” we detailed how to make a wood gasifier small enough to power a car or pickup for about $125 in parts and materials. So, in an effort to ease the strain in both cases, the folks out at MOTHER EARTH NEWS’ research center have spent the past several months designing and testing various systems that use inexpensive–or sometimes even free –wood scraps as a replacement for costly fossil fuels. ![]() Sometimes it’s difficult to decide just which is a bigger financial burden: the expense of operating a motor vehicle or that of providing a household with power and heat. ![]()
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