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Re:Coffee-powered car breaks renewable "gasification" land s... by zwieback on Monday September 26, 2011 @09:41AM (#3038845)
This type of thing, much slower of course, was used in Germany during and after the war to run cars with wood. The actual furnace was often pulled on a trailer.
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Re:Coffee-powered car breaks renewable "gasification" land s... by mrsebastian on Monday September 26, 2011 @09:45AM (#3038857)
Were those not just steam-powered cars? (Quite common, once upon a time.)
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Re:Coffee-powered car breaks renewable "gasification" land s... by jws on Monday September 26, 2011 @10:09AM (#3038969)
Apparently not, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator

You can see one in an old movie clip on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11FB83YxoeM skip up to about 3:10.

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Re:Coffee-powered car breaks renewable "gasification" land s... by mrsebastian on Monday September 26, 2011 @10:17AM (#3039016)
Ha, awesome :) Love the picture of the Saab, in the Wiki entry.
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