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It definitely is. To answer the storage question, according to what I read, they don't store it, rather the 'digestor' creates gas from wood for immediate use. There are a lot of wood gas powered cars around the world today - mostly in very poor places.

I wonder how you DIY create one to hook it to a car

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Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfznunVzKY

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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  I have huge respect for that man. He is an every day Joe, but he investigates so many interesting projects, and he gets the job done
  
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  - Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    That is the first I had seen him. I'm subscribed now.
    
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    iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    I think his troubles with the motor dying on idle was that volume of gas coming in wasn't enough and it got starved.
    
    Another guy with a much bigger gas digestor tries to run a generator and it works instantly: https://youtu.be/AyTqo4mCUUY?t=810
    
    As you see, he has 0 trouble running the motor even without a good, tight connection from the digestor. Once you have large enough amount of good quality gas coming in, it should just work. Trick is to make a large and good digestor and learn how to use it properly
    
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Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
The digester isn't hard, hooking it to a car would be beyond me ATM.

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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  You know what would be smart ? Cooking the wood beforehand with parabolic mirrors, aka solar heating, storing the gas and using it later
  
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  - Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    LOL, another rabbit hole to investigate.
    
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    iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    So, on further reading, another benefit of making charcoal and woodgas from solar is that you can collect tar for waterproofing etc:
    
    https://www.truthmaybe.com/Bio-Charcoal.html
    
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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Same guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522BaxM0Jnk
  
  Basically, you can pipe the digestor directly to the engine instead of a gas tank. Won't work with a diesel engine, because it won't ignite without a small amount of starting diesel. Like the guy says, gas engines work fine... some kinds like 2 strokes need lubricant oil in addition.
  
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