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Old 03-25-2014, 10:28 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Nowadays there is already a vegetable-based substitutive available for the kerosene, already getting used in the aviation. Brazilian airline Gol is scheduling to use it in at least 200 flights during the FIFA 2014 World Cup.

Anyway, regarding wood-gas, a good multifuel engine such as the old hot-bulb ones could handle well some eventual creosote leftover...
Vegetable based means growing crops, using pesticides and fertilizers, soil degradation, and possibly over farming...it's not going to help the earth...

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