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Driving On Wood: The Lost Art of Driving Without Gasoline — originally a book by Niels A. Skov and Mark L. Papworth that was published in 1974 by Pegasus Publishers, Inc. in Olympia, Washington (USA) under the title, “The Pegasus Unit: The Lost Art of Driving without Fuel” — was revised and retitled in 2006, and is now available here from the archives of the former Biomass Energy Foundation (BEF). [Note: PEGASUS was an acronym for Petroleum/Gasoline Substitute Systems.]
This 138-page publication features descriptions and beautifully-detailed drawings of various gasifiers and systems from World War II, including plans for building a WWII gasifier. Also in this version, Skov’s 20 X 30 inch plans are reduced to 11 X 17 inch plans and bound in the book — all are still very readable. One note from the former BEF website mentioned that the gasifier was used to drive a Checker car around campus. Another note mentioned that Niels Skov was in the Danish Underground and wrote of his experiences in a separately-published book.
Originally available for sale by the Biomass Energy Foundation (BEF) for $27.50, this publication is now available here for free distribution. Dr TLUD and staff would like to thank Dr. Thomas B. Reed for his permission in helping to make this possible.
ISBN 1-890607-09-6
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Resource Last Updated: 31 December 2006
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