The french did the same thing in WWII; although, the bags were filled by gasifying wood. As the bags were not pressurised, range was abysmal, so the wood-fired gas generator hung off the rear bumper. While not a great solution to the lack of fuel, it allowed a mostly unmodified vehicle to run on burning wood.
Damn. Appears they're a privately held company. Oh well, so much for investing in anything in the auto industry.
The one I like best was a guy in Europe in World War Two.He had a horse pulling his car along the road.A real hayburner. cuhulin
The Russians used this extensively in the east and siberia. They could go thousands of miles very slowly with no gas as long as there were trees nearby. I'd like to look into this more, anybody know a good site or book? Thanks, Ben
Look for "producer gas generation." When I was a kid I saw busses in the Phillippines run off of producer gas.
--scott
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