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Wayne Keith's book "Have Wood Will Travel" - Complete plans for the Keith gasifier -
is now available.
i received my copy about a month ago and it is AWESOME.
Keith's gasifier is like no other gasifier and this book contains step-by-step instructions on how to build your own. i asked Wayne how much he had in his unit (he's built at least 5 or so already) and he told me about 250 hours of welding and about $500 worth of scrap metal.
the emissions from the engine exhaust have been tested by a university and found to be cleaner than what is demanded by the California rules.
he drives about 5200 miles per cord of SOFTWOOD. even more on hardwood. (about twice as far...)
for those of you with acres of forest that undoubtedly has lots of softwood right now lying on the ground from lack of a market for it, this is astounding info.
for those of you with no other way to power your vehicle if the grid goes down or the dollar collapses, this is a bonafide way to produce your own power with what you have available in your own back yard / area of operations.
Wayne Keith has managed to not just push the frontiers of gasification way beyond where it ended up at the end of WWII, he has decided that the only way to end our situation as hostages to the perfumed princes of Arabia, is to find a home-grown alternative to oil, and share that information with the world, without patenting his design. his alternative "business plan" is to offer membership in his website where one can watch videos of him building each part of the gasifier, as well as ask questions and read discussions of forum members dealing with building their own versions of his gasifier.
http://driveonwood.com/store
i started a thread about a year ago where i mentioned my trip out to Indiana (18 hour drive straight through...) to meet Wayne Keith and other wood/ charcoal gasifiers
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-Wood-Gasifier-unit&highlight=driveonwood.com
believe me, i don't leave Maine for nearly any reason anymore. the rest of this country is nuts imho. but this event was well worth the trip and risk to meet other Americans that still have the can-do attitude. and this technology is potentially the greatest thing to happen for homesteaders everywhere since Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase.
is now available.
i received my copy about a month ago and it is AWESOME.
Keith's gasifier is like no other gasifier and this book contains step-by-step instructions on how to build your own. i asked Wayne how much he had in his unit (he's built at least 5 or so already) and he told me about 250 hours of welding and about $500 worth of scrap metal.
the emissions from the engine exhaust have been tested by a university and found to be cleaner than what is demanded by the California rules.
he drives about 5200 miles per cord of SOFTWOOD. even more on hardwood. (about twice as far...)
for those of you with acres of forest that undoubtedly has lots of softwood right now lying on the ground from lack of a market for it, this is astounding info.
for those of you with no other way to power your vehicle if the grid goes down or the dollar collapses, this is a bonafide way to produce your own power with what you have available in your own back yard / area of operations.
Wayne Keith has managed to not just push the frontiers of gasification way beyond where it ended up at the end of WWII, he has decided that the only way to end our situation as hostages to the perfumed princes of Arabia, is to find a home-grown alternative to oil, and share that information with the world, without patenting his design. his alternative "business plan" is to offer membership in his website where one can watch videos of him building each part of the gasifier, as well as ask questions and read discussions of forum members dealing with building their own versions of his gasifier.
http://driveonwood.com/store
i started a thread about a year ago where i mentioned my trip out to Indiana (18 hour drive straight through...) to meet Wayne Keith and other wood/ charcoal gasifiers
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-Wood-Gasifier-unit&highlight=driveonwood.com
believe me, i don't leave Maine for nearly any reason anymore. the rest of this country is nuts imho. but this event was well worth the trip and risk to meet other Americans that still have the can-do attitude. and this technology is potentially the greatest thing to happen for homesteaders everywhere since Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase.