[AT] Gasifier comments - re messages from Saturday

[Larry Goss]

Thanks, Grant.  My "coffee drinking buddy" is a retired chemist and WWII navy veteran.  He recounts that scenario for me on a regular basis.  At 88 years of age, he is a certifiable curmudgeon, but there are many things of historical record (including Germany's science) that cause him to protest whenever some topics get resurrected   That's one of them.

Larry
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:27
Subject: [AT] Gasifier comments - re messages from Saturday
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Wood Gasifiers were the technology that allowed Germany to run 
> civilianengines during the latter parts of WWII. They were 
> common in eastern Europe
> and Russia during the same time period because of the petroleum 
> situationthen. Few people today think about the reason why 
> Germany and Romania were
> allies or Japan tried to take over Indonesia and South East Asia 
> - Oil! In
> Germany's case they had no domestic petroleum sources and got 
> all of their
> oil from Romania and the middle east. Russia had petroleum 
> resources even
> then and that was one of the factors that drove Hitler to invade 
> Russia. It
> is unclear whether his motivations there were a major factor or 
> not, but it
> was a factor.
>      In Japan's case, they also had to 
> import the petroleum. At the time
> there was little production in NE Asia (only Sakhalin that was 
> disputed with
> Russia) at all and there were no Siberian fields like now. 
> Manchuria in
> China was taken over for natural resources and the factories 
> that Japanese
> companies had built there.
>             Grant Brians
>             Hollister,California
>             Vegetable, Nuts and Fruit farmer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of 
> charlie hill
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 12:37 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] WooHoo
> 
> 
> Mark I spent a bunch of time last year reading up on 
> Gasifiers.  That is
> promising technology if and when it gets to the point that fuel is
> unavailable or too expensive.
> Even FEMA has a site telling how to build and use gasifiers.
> 
> Charlie Hill
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Mark Greer" <markagreer at embarqmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 11:55 AM
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] WooHoo
> 
> > Post it again. I just ran into a guy who is building a 
> hydrogen generator
> > system to use on his truck to increase fuel mileage. Looks 
> interesting. I
> > also have a friend from church who is looking into a wood 
> gasifier system
> > that is a 10kw power generator.
> > http://www.gekgasifier.com/reactor-options/imbert-downdraft/
> > Mark
> >
> 
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