Fellows here is a whole topic where I make the claim and back it up with working expences that Nitrogen is not the enemy of using woodgas to power WORKING piston internal combustion engines.
That topic and this topic that I set up are always about using todays billions of already been made internal combustion engine as our work horses.
Keep your eyes on the prizes of the personal use energies I can make off of woodie maternal that solar energy grows on my own property will keep you out of the Geek’ing weeds, chasing energy fairies.
May seem harsh what I said here.
But reflect this.
I know you four have made the choice to live Rural; on, or adjacent; to wood growing lands.
THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST STEP ANYONE SHOULD MAKE TO FREE THEMSELVES IN OUR MODERN make-you-dependent CULTURES.
As fun, and as intellectual interesting as it is to chase better energy fairies, it become just a distraction from those goona’ “maybe” “someday” make the move out to personal freedoms too. I say do not distract them. Do not feed them reasons to not up-ass and DO things real Life useable. Learning that all Freedom comes with sweating it out contiually, year around. Instead, “Waiting” for the perfected technology support. “Waiting” for the events driven needs. With an escape, run-a-way; Doomers rig resources hogged, and personal resources exclusively poured into, and locked away in a garage or shop.
Yes Marcus I know get to weekly high speeds state and national highways blast the 60 miles door to door rushing up to where I want to be. My commute. Similar to your commute.
This in historical perspective in terms of time and speed fantastical to all before say a hundred years ago.
The guys and gals in my family lifetime doing these forced long commutes all evolved to common virtually, wear-it-out, use-it-up, specific purpose commuter rigs. Ramblers - any model so long as it was MT, six cylinders. Ford Mavericks. Ford Pintos. MT I-6’s and I-4’s. Later Toyota compact sedans. Tercels and Corollas.
You will do just fine once you make up and convert to a kinnda’ sorta’ GM 305 V-8 mimic.
In actually using woodgas for working IC engines purposes it aways; and will always; be about your fuel woodpile.
What can you make up and sustain using it up on a daily basis for personal energy needs?
THIS is the reality check for the worthiness of your endeavors.
Start here. Base all off of that. Because to actually USE woodgas in working IC engines this is where you will always end up. Or stop using woodgas unable to keep up with the wood fuel suppying..
Regards
Steve Unruh