Wartime Woodburners: Gas Producer Vehicles in World War II

In this age of high fuel prices and concern with continuing availability of oil,
scientists are working on a number of approaches to alternate fuel sources.
These concerns may provoke interest in how some people in gas-starved
Europe dealt with such problems throughout the war years, 1939-1945. One
of the most successful innovations, were the so-called gas producer vehicles
that utilized the by-products of solid fuel combustion, employing such solids
as coal, charcoal, turf, and wood to produce fuel gas for a standard internal
combustion engine. This book provides an overview of such vehicles, including
those used by the Wehrmacht. Schematics of operating systems and the
regulations concerning their use are also included, along with a translated
German illustrated operators manual.