[Gasification] Rebuilding engines (was Re: Charcoal Gasifier No 2.)

[Harmon Seaver]

Kevin Chisholm wrote:
> Dear Tom
> 
> Thomas Reed wrote:
>> Rolf:
>>
>> I'm sure steam and liquid fuels will duke it out in the years to come...
> 
> Most Jurisdictions have very stringent laws relating to operating Steam 
> Power Plants. The Operator must be a Stationary Engineer. This puts a 
> real and significant extra cost into Steam Systems.

     That's true of large commercial steam installations, it's not true
of home-scale systems. Many people have steam boilers in their homes.
All farmers who grow tobacco have fairly large steam units to sterilize
their seedbeds. And there are many steam enthusiasts about in farm
country who restore old steam tractors, engines, etc and have festivals
where they gather and run them.
     You don't need a license of any sort anywhere around here to build
or run steam equipment.


-- 
Harmon Seaver