[AT] gasifiers

[charliehill]

Mattias at least you know enough to know it was German.  It could have been 
one of a dozen or so languages as far as I knew,

The guy in that German video said he was getting the equivalent of about 110 
liters of oil per bale.  That was a pretty complex rig they had and a home 
built probaby wouldn't get those kinds of numbers but if you have the straw, 
bale it to get it out of your field and don't have a market for it, it is 
certainly better to get something out of it rather  than let is sit in the 
hedgerows.   I don't know that  I'll ever build one but I'm keeping my eyes 
open for scrap metal pieces and parts that I think might work as components. 
If I can find enough stuff free or cheap I might try it.   We take for 
granted in this country that we will ALWAYS have fuel and a somewhat stable 
economy.  Lately,  I'm not so sure.  There are certainly forces in this 
world that would like to disrupt our lives.  It's nice to know how to get by 
if things go bad.  Some on this list probably lived throught the great 
depression.  I know my parents did.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Edchainsaw at aol.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] gasifiers


> You have that  'problem' too   cecil?      customers thinking your 
> getting
> rich  on  hay   after all its just hay-- it didn't cost you anything  to
> bale it...
>
> And  yes  please  when someone has an idea  its  not  good  to   nay-say 
> it
> because of  in-efficiency--  or  "it costs more to do it that  way"
> from my  days in   Economics  class   efficiency  and  costs   can 
> change
> fast  ( are variable most of the  time)
>
> KEEP  POSTING these kind of    Ideas   and   maybe we can together make
> them   better....
>
>
> In a message dated 10/14/2009 12:09:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:
>
>
> I  was thinking about using this type of technology to burn round bales
> for  heating an outside boiler for my home and shop.  I have about 100
> bales of hay that is sold at the cost of baling every year.  It would  be
> nice not to run that heat pump in the winter...
>
> Cecil  inOKla
>
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