Man Modifies Pickup To Run On Wood, Waste
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Man Modifies Pickup To Run On Wood, Waste
From the first time he saw Emmett “Doc” Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the “Back to the Future” movies, Dave Nichols has always wanted to make a vehicle run on garbage.
Two decades after the trilogy, the 42-year-old home builder and auto shop owner from eastern Connecticut isn’t traveling through time in a DeLorean, yet. But he’s modified his 1989 Ford F150 pickup truck to run on wood, leaves, cardboard and other “biomass” with a fuel system that he says expels virtually no pollution.
This is quite amazing. I must get over to Killingly to check this out.
