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Add a Mr. Fusion to your car to let it run on garbage
DVICE Atom Feed —
... dry organic matter into a clean burning, carbon neutral, gaseous fuel. Whether starting with wood chips or walnut shells, construction debris or agricultural waste, the end product is a flexible gaseous fuel you can burn in your internal combustion engine, cooking stove, furnace or flamethrower. Or in this case, your DeLorean. OK, how about a Honda Accord?Want to add a gasifier to your car? Instructables has the instructions, if you're feeling industrious.
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Build Your Own Mr. Fusion and Gasify Your Car With Garbage [Back To The Future]
Gizmodo —
... Gasifiers are nothing new, but this instructable teaches you how to build a small scale version powerful enough to run your car. Since we are talking about dry organic matter here, I suppose banana peels and beer are out—but fueling up on pinecones is still better than paying for gas. Hit the link for a complete set of instructions. [Instructables via ...
Equip Your Car With A DIY Mr. Fusion
OhGizmo! —
... It’s not called the Mr. Fusion, probably because of trademarks rights, plus the fact that it isn’t actually performing fusion. The Gasifier uses heat to transform solid biomass into a synthetic “gas-like” fuel. They claim that through this process the device can transform almost any dry organic material into clean burning fuel. So how does one acquire such an interesting device? You build it yourself. Don’t worry, a full set of instructions is provided.
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Run your car on trash
MAKE Magazine —
... And, see Instructables for documentation of the whole conversion. Finally, a good use for all that scrap wood piled up in my backyard... ...
HOWTO Convert your car to run on garbage
Boing Boing —
Stef sez, "Here's an Instructable explaining in 25 simple steps how to convert your car to run on household trash using a process called Gasification. As the site sez:
'Gasification is the use of heat to tranform solid biomass, or other carbonaceous solids, into a synthetic "natural gas like" flammable fuel.'
Not only that, but as a benefit it pimps your car out with a fantastic steampunky contraption to impress your fellow road users with!"
Convert your Honda Accord to run on trash
(Thanks, Stef!)
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Build your own Mr.Fusion and say goodbye to rising gas prices
MAKE Magazine —
Instructables has a really nice how-to on building your own "Mr Fusion" ala Back to the Future in order to allow your car to run on garbage. This mod uses a Honda Accord to do the trick creating a "gasifier" which basically converts any "any solid dry organic matter into a clean burning, carbon neutral, gaseous fuel". Check out the link below on how to build this and scare the hell out of your neighbors.
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Craftsman/Instructables workshop of the future contest winners
MAKE Magazine —
... Give a community the motivation of a $20,000 grand prize, and they can produce a lot of great tutorials. That's just what Instructables and Craftsman did, and they selected one winner and ten finalists whose Instructables are all worth a good read. Several have been featured on MAKE, but not the one on extracting honey! The grand prize winner was how to convert your honda accord to run on trash. Check out the ...
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