I used to sell stirling engine fans to Amish, sat on wood stove and it heats
home with less wood consumtion. NASA has used them to fly airplanes that
never run out of fuel. Flying magazine 95 june/july?
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From: "whaslup" <whaslup@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: SALTWATER FUEL-wood burning vehicles of ww2

> Courtney Hook wrote:
>> Anyone seen the woodburning vehicles that the germans came up with in
>> WW2?
>> They basically choked down a woodfire until it gave off ignitable gas
>> vapors
>> and plumbed that into the engine. Of course wood is not exactly clean
>> burning. :-)
>> Courtney
>>
>
> or you could build a stirling engine in the back of your van!
>
> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/made_low_temper.html
>
> runs off differences in temperature!
>
> efficient but tough to make work mobile.
>
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> --Wil
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