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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Whilst surfing the Internet, . . . |
. . . I came across this photo and narrative, which I thought was quite interesting. 
A 1920s coal-gas powered taxicab operated by John Lee Automobile Engineers in Keighley, England. The bag atop the vehicle stored sufficient fuel for 15 miles of driving. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:21 pm ] |
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probably methane gas, in WW2 there were quite a few. just collect it of the sewage farms mainly theres a flame been burning at solihull heading to the stonebridge island i think) off a waste dump, or was we waste all that BTW the name solihull is derived from "soil hill" and was brums waste dump centurys ago... |
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| Author: | Chester J.D. [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:24 pm ] |
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I wonder how much they charged per mile... How about a turbo charger 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:16 pm ] |
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i was reading an old car report on the triumph herald "with care 50mpg can be achieved" whats happened since then? |
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| Author: | jimbo [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:51 pm ] |
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Stagecoach have recently started operating "green" (brown, more like) buses in Lincolnshire with a similar pod on top. Geography repeats itself... |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:35 pm ] |
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wannabeeahack wrote: probably methane gas, in WW2 there were quite a few. just collect it of the sewage farms mainly
theres a flame been burning at solihull heading to the stonebridge island i think) off a waste dump, or was we waste all that BTW the name solihull is derived from "soil hill" and was brums waste dump centurys ago... It says "coal gas", that's the same stuff we used in cooking and heating until the switch to natural (North Sea) gas in the 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:46 pm ] |
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gusmac wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: probably methane gas, in WW2 there were quite a few. just collect it of the sewage farms mainly theres a flame been burning at solihull heading to the stonebridge island i think) off a waste dump, or was we waste all that BTW the name solihull is derived from "soil hill" and was brums waste dump centurys ago... It says "coal gas", that's the same stuff we used in cooking and heating until the switch to natural (North Sea) gas in the 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas Aye...the stuff stunk to high hell and every town had a gasworks and gas lane that stunk of the stuff for many years after it was superceded by natural gas... |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:54 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: gusmac wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: probably methane gas, in WW2 there were quite a few. just collect it of the sewage farms mainly theres a flame been burning at solihull heading to the stonebridge island i think) off a waste dump, or was we waste all that BTW the name solihull is derived from "soil hill" and was brums waste dump centurys ago... It says "coal gas", that's the same stuff we used in cooking and heating until the switch to natural (North Sea) gas in the 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas Aye...the stuff stunk to high hell and every town had a gasworks and gas lane that stunk of the stuff for many years after it was superceded by natural gas... Yeah, thats the stuff............. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:04 am ] |
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Methane is a component of "coal gas" as it isnaturally trapped in coal Quote: Coal gas (also town gas and illumination gas) is a flammable gaseous fuel made by the destructive distillation of coal containing a variety of calorific gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and volatile hydrocarbons together with small quantities of non-calorific gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen
Methane is (well WAS) a major problem in coal mines contributing to many underground explosions due to gas build ups and inadequate ventilation prompting the development of the safety lamp and why pits used canaries for many years as detectors Methane is produced by most rotting vegetation |
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