This Truck Runs on Wood Chips!

Reader Contribution by Staff
Published on July 7, 2008
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Robert “Chip” Beam drives his wood-powered Isuzu Trooper in the Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Photo by David Duprey/AP Wide World

More than 25 years ago, MOTHER EARTH NEWS reported on how to run a truck with wood chips. The idea is still sawin’ after all these years.

As reported yesterday in The New York Times, Robert “Chip” Beam of Williamsport, Pa., converted his 1988 Isuzu Trooper SUV to run on wood chips (see photo). The Trooper runs 20 miles on 25 pounds of wood chips, which Beam gets for free. Visit the Beaver Energy website to learn more about the Trooper.

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