This wood gas is produced by burning wood or charcoal, capturing the fumes given off, and burning those fumes again. During World War II, ...

Wood gas powered thousands of vehicles during World War II. The first wood gasifier dates back to 1839, but it wasn’t until 1901 that wood gas was used to power a vehicle.

Wood gas, or wood gasification, is a decades–old renewable energy technology that converts chunks of firewood, wood chips or other cellulosic biomass to charcoal, volatile and combustible gases ...

Wood’s also got bragging rights for being “natural.” No propane tanks, no gas lines—just you, some logs, and fire. Purists say this is how grilling’s supposed to be.

A review of the Ganesha ultralight wood gas stove, discussing its surprising performance and what worked or didn’t compared to expectations.

Wood gas trucks! From left: ’95 Dodge Ram 2500 V10; ’84 Ford F250 V8; ’93 Dodge Dakota V8; ’92 Dakota V8 (conversion in progress). Back in 2004, Wayne Keith drew a line in the sand at $1. ...

Most gas wood chippers weigh more than 100 pounds, but the Super Handy is significantly lighter–just 85 pounds. It’s also one of the only chippers we tested that sits on air-filled tires, ...

With pressure growing to ban natural gas in the home, experts explain what it takes to change a gas fireplace to wood-burning or electric.

“Gas fireplaces seemed to have been big over the last 10 or 20 years. But the crackle, the smell of burning real wood reminds people of what they had growing up,” Burns says.

Convenience is leading more people to convert wood-burning fireplaces to gas. "They don't want to mess with wood," said Howard Krause, fire department manager at Hearth Cabinets and More , 4483 ...

At one time, way back when, I was a charcoal-grill guy. But for the last 15 years or so, I've gone with a gas grill, upgrading to a midrange Weber Genesis around 2009.

Wood gas generators have been used with internal combustion engines for a very long time, reaching their peak in the later parts of WW2 when fuel shortages plagued Europe.