The treadmill is one of my favs. There is a drawing of a horse-powered treadmill in an old Sears catalog. A 1-horsepower engine, so-to-speak. The treadmill powers a belt which is attached to a driveshaft that runs across the ceiling of a workshop. All the power tools in the shop are hooked up to the drive shaft. No electricity required.
Steam engines can power the same above setup. So can PTOs on tractors.
Small-scale alcohol production. Why not use scrap organic matter to distill potent alcohol that can power an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell?
Wood gasification. One of my favs. You can use this technology to power modified internal combustion engines. This would be really useful in areas like the Pacific Northewest, which are heavily forested.
More on steam engines. A small 2-hp steam engine can be fired up every few days for a couple of hours to charge batteries, and the hot water generated will heat a house til you fire up the engine again. You can also farm your trees in such a way that you always have wood to burn and always have a forest and always sequester more CO2 than you emit.
Steam engines can power the same above setup. So can PTOs on tractors.
Small-scale alcohol production. Why not use scrap organic matter to distill potent alcohol that can power an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell?
Wood gasification. One of my favs. You can use this technology to power modified internal combustion engines. This would be really useful in areas like the Pacific Northewest, which are heavily forested.
More on steam engines. A small 2-hp steam engine can be fired up every few days for a couple of hours to charge batteries, and the hot water generated will heat a house til you fire up the engine again. You can also farm your trees in such a way that you always have wood to burn and always have a forest and always sequester more CO2 than you emit.
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