Free Fuel

Yeah, I know I lied to you again. Here’s last Saturday’s post.

One of the biggest threats facing us today is the price of gas and oil. But it need not be. You are probably not aware that during WWII Europeans ran their cars, trucks, and tractors on wood. That’s right, wood. By attaching a wood gas generator to their vehicle, they were able to thumb their noses at the oil shortage.

And much to the dismay of oil companies, these wood gas generators are easily constructed using common materials found in a junk yard. Send me an email and I’ll send you a link for instructions on how to build one.

There are some down-sides to making your fuel from wood. For one thing, you have to haul around a unit that has fire in it, probably not what you’d want in the trunk if your Mercedes. But if your transportation is limited to 15 year old cars or an old beater of a pickup truck, you could live with it.

Then there’s the problem of cutting wood. Almost any wood will do. If you live in an area where there are ongoing timber operations, you will have an almost unlimited supply from left over limbs etc. from the timber cutting process. If not, used lumber and other scrap wood will propel you down the road.

Another problem is the ever intrusive government. I’m sure hauling around a wood-burning apparatus on your vehicle would violate all kinds of pollution and safety regulations. But when (not if) TEOTWAWNKI hits not many of us will pay much attention to these regulations.

The up-side to wood gas generators is no fuel costs. These units can be adapted to run a generator to power your home or pump water. They can run your farm tractor. They can do anything gasoline can do.

This technology has been around for a long time. The reason no one uses it any more is after WWII gasoline got cheap. And the oil companies couldn’t figure out how to charge you for it. Therefore, it disappeared. But thanks to the internet it is available again. Better grab it before it disappears again. Otherwise, you might be walking.