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by cartoonworld 1808 days ago
Wood gas was really common and used to power all kinds of lighting before electrification. FEMA even created and distributed plans[0] for a Gasifier in the late 80's. You can find the PDF all over the internet, I think its a pretty cool looking project.

Youtube is full of weird wood gas car projects such as this pickup truck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AFw3Agg7SM

I don't see how these could be street legal in general, but pretty fun.

[0] https://survivalring.org/pdf/fema_wood_gas_generator.pdf