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Saturday, 05 November 2011 17:32 |
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To the Right is a thermo-electic generator (top in tray), heated by wood-burning stoves.
The generator, available from TegPower.com for about $400, converts wood heat into electricity, which may be used for recharging batteries and other such uses.
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Above, an old Ford pickup truck has been converted to wood power, with a
woodburning apparatus in the back that feeds the gas emitted by the
wood — and a little bit of oxygen — into the carburetor, enabling the
truck to run without gasoline.
Several hundred people attended the event, which also included a
demonstration by Doug Knight of Waynesville, who taught how to start a
fire without matches.
Among the fire-starting methods he showed were using a magnifying glass
to ignite kindling — useful only when the sun is shining — and wrapping
dryer lint in steel wool and touching the steel wool with a 9-volt
battery, causing the lint to ignite into a fire.
Among numerous other features at the event were free refreshments and
samples of Mountain House foods and a book-signing by Michael McCarthy,
author of “The Noah Option.”
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