Comments on: Dutch John’s anarcho-woodmobile

By: mainah

mainah — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:28 +0000

The Stanly Steamer: Another technology that needs to be revisited.

http://www.stanleymotorcarriage.com/GeneralTechnical/GeneralTechnical.htm

By: Dutch John’s anarcho-woodmobile : Clean Energy Yachts

Dutch John’s anarcho-woodmobile : Clean Energy Yachts — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:08:15 +0000

[...] Every time he uses his twenty year old Volvo 240, first he has to clean up the cyclone bin, dump the char dust on the compost, fill the fuel bin with sixty pounds of wood, stacking a few sacks on the back seat for extra mileage, spark up the gasifier with a diesel glow plug, wait four minutes for it to heat up, flare off the surplus carbon monoxide and hydrogen. And then he’s off. (more…) [...]

By: mainah

mainah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:01:09 +0000

My father told me about these many years ago. He was a member of the OSS in WWII and parachuted into occupied France before D-Day to train the French Underground. This is how they were able to get around besides using a bicicle. Unfortunately, Allied paratroopers in uniform were a bit obvious on a bike.

Good to see them return to popularity.

By: Mr. Dreezle

Mr. Dreezle — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:14:57 +0000

Love it! I’m going to build one as soon as I’m released from the Institute. I told them that it was possible but they didn’t believe me. Damned space aliens.