[Bioconversion] Fireball Express!

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Tom et al,

Antique machine collectors say that their parts do not rust in a school
bus. The theory is that the windows act like solar collectors and heat the
inside of the bus.

 Speaking of rust (iron oxide?) I read about an engine that used powdered
metal/iron for fuel. It was on the order of the first diesel engines (air
injection).



Jeff




Tom wrote:
> Dear Jeff and All:
>
> My friend and colleague, Agua Das, long ago (~1975, rainbow gathering
> etc.) discovered used school buses as the cheapest transportation and
> storage.  He has several in his driveway.  He wanted to park one in my
> upscale driveway, but Vivian nixed it.
>
> Many of you know Das from his attendance at the Aprovecho meeting.  I
> hope Jeff will get to meet him because they think alike and act alike.
>
> Viva the school bus stove lab!
>
> TOM REED              BEF
>
> Jeff Davis wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> After reading about the "Cheese Mobil" I was inspired to think about the
>> perfect "Fireball Express" machine. In the past I studied bus
>> conversions and
>> came to the conclusion that a school bus was the best choice. Not for an
>> investment but machine wise. Lots of machine for the money. One of the
>> safest
>> machines on the road. Think of it as a mid sized SUV. I can't ride/drive
>> in a
>> car/jeep for over 50 miles and I no longer trust aviation flights.
>>
>> But now, a school bus is affordable and safe. The engine in the front is
>> good
>> for those head on collisions and easy to work on. A school bus would
>> also
>> have lots of room to mount your gasifier devices. Plenty of room for a
>> hammer, vise-grips, duct-tape, mechanics wire, gas torch/welder, etc.
>> Heck,
>> you could also have room for the cement mixer. Don't forget the sawdust
>> bucket yak-ster!
>>
>> Of course we would be fueled with paper fireballs. Room for bags and
>> bags and
>> bags of corkey paper fireballs. Also room on the roof for more bags of
>> fireballs. Now get this!! We start down the road with all these bags of
>> corkey fireballs but when we stop at a burger joint we tell them that
>> Frank
>> could not make it and we are here to drain the WVO tank (think fuel
>> reformer). Now we have all this WVO to soak into our corkey fireballs!!!
>> Well, that is if that will work in a down draft gasifier. We could
>> really
>> extent the range of those corkey fireballs..... Think about it....
>>
>> But it gets better. We also need a RV cook stove. So why not use the
>> Woodgas
>> Camp Stove. How about the sweet little Bisschop engine to run the
>> generator
>> and heat the Fireball Express? Hey, this Fireball Express could be a
>> mobile
>> producer-gas demo machine!
>>
>>
>> Your bioconversion friend,
>>
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA