Build a wood gas generator - put big oil out of business

[glenn kangiser]

http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/support-files/wood_gas_generator.pdf
Warning - PDF download - may take a bit.

[glenn kangiser]

Another - again PDF 139 pages

http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/support-files/wood_gas_generator.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator

http://www.crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/

http://www.crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/Reed/Turbo2.htm

[benevolance]

read up on these before... Some wood stoves claim to gasify the wood to get all the energy out of it... Interesting claims

[glenn kangiser]

That is the way pellet stoves work - you can see the flame above the pellets in some.  You will note that when wood burns the flame is slightly above it as the gasses burn.