Swedish Man Converts Car To Run On Firewood
Jul.17, 2008 in
gas prices, hybrid
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — One Swedish retiree is chopping his gasoline bills with wood. Tore Blomqvist has converted his car to run on wood gas.
The 78-year-old former mechanic says that’s what they did during the gas shortages of World War II.
Wood is partially burned in a contraption on the back of his car. The resulting combustible gas is fed into the engine instead of gasoline.
He says a recent 300-mile drive cost him just 17 bucks for four bags of firewood, instead of nearly $120 for gasoline.
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