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This truck runs on wood and waste

San Bernardino County Sun -- The technology is called gasification, and it's been around since the 1800s, when it was used for street lamps and cooking.

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Submitted Jul 04, 2009 By: Loree71
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PizzaMon
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:40:42 AM

Couldn't read the article but what will the tree-huggers response be?
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REKEY
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:37:30 AM

This is the kind of truck we need. Kill all the trees.
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pulpwood
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:36:13 AM

Can not link up!
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pattie09
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:35:58 AM

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG CAN NOT get another article WONDERFUL just WONDERFUL
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Lovelee
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:34:49 AM

When you try to read the full article all you be is a place to put comments to the Sun.
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Gas Slave
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:34:24 AM

Worked for the Germans in WWII.
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AvantiMick
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:34:08 AM

There goes the Co2 level.
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bumpygas
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:33:28 AM

Here goes the price of wood.
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cableman31
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:33:25 AM

Not to easy to carry extra fuel.
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roadkillGA
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:32:13 AM

Don;t want to get behind it.
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buckoMD
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:31:18 AM

What? They think wood grows on trees????
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danny999
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:31:15 AM

WELL......GET ER DONE.
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cigarman409
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:29:18 AM

cannot link it,sounds far out though
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Bubba44612
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:27:58 AM

Can you say back to the future?
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:23:26 AM

What a good idea.
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cincindie
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:21:19 AM

The article can be found here.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:21:04 AM

Gasification sounds like a digestive problem, but who knows without the link.
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silverfox63
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:20:27 AM

The link to the article is bad. Would like to know more about what they were doing then these 2 sentences gives.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:20:06 AM

not there?
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akeatts
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:20:03 AM

The link is gone...
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#1purple
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:19:57 AM

Bad link ??nothing's there ????
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madison8359
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:19:00 AM

Bad link, too bad sounds interesting.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:18:47 AM

???????????
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:17:59 AM

We could also go back to steam heated with propane. Think about the traffic collisions.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:13:56 AM

(((POOF!)))
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:12:17 AM

Any of these articles with small lead ins usually don't work. I was right, bad story, bad link!
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:11:41 AM

I didn;;t find the article.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:09:49 AM

So what's the point ??
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:06:33 AM

cost more energy too
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xybiz
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:06:12 AM

It may cost more to build the car
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:06:04 AM

The article is gone.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:05:45 AM

Welcome to the 1800's!
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:05:25 AM

Continue to encourage research into alternative fuels.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:04:52 AM

I want a government that eats all the garbage it makes instead of all our money.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:01:02 AM

I want a DeLorean that runs on garbage like the one in the movie, Back to the Future.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:00:22 AM

Maybe King Obama can make a line of these fine machines in his new GM company.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 8:00:16 AM

but how clean is the process?
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:59:29 AM

Put it into mass production and I'll be more interested.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:59:06 AM

there are always some hair brain ideas, although they work, but are not practical. Keep dreaming and inventing.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:58:10 AM

Were did every one find the rest of the article ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:58:05 AM

An interesting tidbit, but nothing that will have any affect on our energy issues.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:57:43 AM

The Oil Companies had the article pulled.


Greed.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:55:05 AM

But, why?
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:53:39 AM

THey use to just burn the excess methane like a big torch.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:53:29 AM

Sounds like Doc Brown and "Back to the Future" technology! It is not a long-term solution.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:49:18 AM

Humans are even better flex-fuel vehicles. We can eat numerous varieties of food.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:48:22 AM

Not something I would expect to use.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:47:13 AM

And I wanted to read the article.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:46:44 AM

Thank you for visiting San Bernardino County Sun. We are sorry the article that you requested is no longer available. Please search for this article in our archive search.
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This article is no longer available.
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:37:32 AM

Why do we have so many problems with links?
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Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 7:36:22 AM

Using wast is an alternative fuel.
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