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Good Morning Folks! Well, here I am. I have not been feeling well the past days - still in a low, depressed mood. Petrta is trying her best to cheer me up, but it´s not working. Must be the bear in me  - I am in hibernating mode (mood). There is a big winter storm heading our way, which will hit us around noon. Schools are closed for the day and the folks along the coast are getting ready for some bad flooding.The storm is also supposed to dump a few inches of that wet n´white stuff on us, as temperatures will drop along its path. I am just glad that our power and communication lines are buried in the ground, so I guess there will be no major power outages. While searching the web, I found an interesting and maybe a little odd loco. <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Holzvergaserlok_zpsabb4388b.jpg" alt=" " /> This little critter runs with wood gas. Wood gas is a syngas fuel which can be used as a fuel for furnaces, stoves and vehicles in place of gasoline, diesel or other fuels. During the production process biomass or other carbon-containing materials are gasified within the oxygen-limited environment of a wood gas generator to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. These gases can then be burnt as a fuel within an oxygen rich environment. Wood gas vehicles were used during World War II, as a consequence of the rationing of fossil fuels. In Germany alone, around 500,000 "producer gas" vehicles were in use at the end of the war. Trucks, buses, tractors, motorcycles, ships and trains were equipped with a wood gasification unit. One of these critters has survived until today at a museum "down south". Little Woody is "fired up" now and then - a time consuming procedure. Make it a great day!
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