<div dir="ltr">Dad, <div><br></div><div>I suggest you find a graduate student from U Mass to work with you on converting the truck. They might also finance the project. You could contact the automotive engineering department or, if there is such a thing, the alternative energy department. </div>
<div><br></div><div>You need to direct the project but you don't need to turn wrenches. </div><div><br></div><div>Keep me posted!</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Tom Reed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tombreed2010@gmail.com" target="_blank">tombreed2010@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear Peter Davies and Al:<br>
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Thrree technologies are coming together<br>
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o. Wood pellets are widely available throughout the US, Europe and much of the rest of the world.<br>
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o. Wood pellets are an ideal oil substitute for running cars and trucks. Much better than the wood blocks used during WWII. The cost of pellet energy is 1/3 the cost of gasoline.<br>
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o. Biochar is a product that should become better known and well used, since it greatly increases soil productivity, while reducing the CO2 burden on our atmosphere<br>
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I intend to buy a small truck when Spring comes, convert it to producer gas from pellets and drive cross country to see my son in Long Beach (and other West coast friends)<br>
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Comments?<br>
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Tom Reed<br>
Thomas B Reed<br>
280 Hardwick Rd<br>
Barre, MA 01005<br>
<a href="tel:508%20353%207841" value="+15083537841">508 353 7841</a><br>
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> On Mar 15, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Peter Davies <<a href="mailto:idgasifier@gmail.com">idgasifier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> David, this multi-layered question will be answered in the positive shortly in a much more practical way and at a location you may find more convenient to visit.<br>
><br>
> Peter<br>
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>> On 3/15/2014 1:55 PM, David Coote wrote:<br>
>> And I'm very interested in where the technology is for integrating biochar manufacture with gasification with a view to using the producer gas for energy generation (thermal and electricity) and what this integration means with respect to biochar characteristics and quality of producer gas.<br>
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> Peter Davies<br>
> Director<br>
> ID Gasifiers Pty Ltd<br>
> Delegate River, Victoria<br>
> Australia<br>
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