The Marvelous Chicken-powered Motorcar!

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July/August 1971
by BARRY GRINGROD  
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The story is much the same right down the line: it takes money to promote and market do-it-yourself methane on a large scale . . . and the people with money generally find it to their advantage not to promote methane.

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Be that as it may, the facts speak for themselves. Bates invention is simple, it's incredibly inexpensive . . . and it works. Hundreds of people, who are now driving chicken-powered cars the world over after contacting Mr. Bate directly, can vouch for that. And the word is beginning to spread.

So--until a large firm finally sees the light, buys Harold out and begins to promote his digester and convertor in a big way--Mr: Bate and his wife, Evelyn, will continue doing the job alone. And that means that, for as many as 18 hours a day, Evelyn will sit in the picturesque 16th-Century cottage answering letters while Harold handcrafts methane generators in a small workshop at the bottom of the garden path.

That seems as nice a way to change the world as any.

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  • desertmike7 1/4/2008 5:43:51 PM

    yes, and so where do I get the diaphram for car..and can you use
    human human waste? How do you get the methane gas concentrated and
    pressurized? mike

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