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iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Lololololololol
Yeah, this kind of "woodgas" powered things exist, you can even run cars on this.... but its supposed to be very inefficient, that's why people don't do it
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iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Lololololololol
Yeah, this kind of "woodgas" powered things exist, you can even run cars on this.... but its supposed to be very inefficient, that's why people don't do it
Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
The idea started as an honest one. We could soon find ourselves in a world where gas is not available but overgrown brushes are. If you are going to manage land of any size you need to manage trees brushes and all sorts of scrub.
You can make burn piles and the ash is beneficial, but wood chips have more uses, easier to distribute and manage. If you can run the whole thing off of brush and wood chips, then it's free so it doesn't matter if it is inefficient.
With gas you need a gas station and more importantly $$$$.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
I see your point.... not sure what the mileage per hour of effort would be for normal family use, but it would be absolutely necessary for heavy farm machinery, construction etc
Personally I would use wood for cooking and heating, lay down fermentable crops for food and alcohol. Alcohol will be an in demand product, because it would have so many uses: fuel, disinfectant, fun....
For transport, I would jerry rig old mountain bikes to a small trailer.... simple and fast solution for short journeys of <10 miles
Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Mmmmmmmm alcohol.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
I have never run a woodchipper. Is it easy to produce a lot of stock from just bushes and stuff ? Can it eat big pieces of lumber ?
I've chopped up tree wood. Chopping it into small pieces to produce gas seems like a lot of work. I imagine there is way more pounds of tree wood on most land than bushes...