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Subject:Re: Solar for VANGONS?
From:Dan N
Date:Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:24:07 -0700

interesting...

so you will produce more than you can use... 140 gal./week - 560 gal./month

so you can sell it to make a nice profit and then buy more vanagon?

:-)

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:16 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> Recently, the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and
> CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a diesel van this
> could be a real boon. Thats approximately 20 gallons of diesel fuel per
> day! Given the additional mileage you get with a diesel the could be a
> wallet saver. You could run around a week on one days solar production,
> building a daily reserve of 20 gallons a day. By weeks end there would be
> enough for a serious trip and other things. Anyone looked into this?
>
> John
>