Old timers used to strain gasoline through a
chamois rag to pull out water.
Burn Twigs & scrap biomass for
fuel
With peak oil and the price per gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel, the
concept of powering a pleasure boat with a steam engines has become a
tantalizing possibility. Virtually any scrap (read, inexpensive) carbon fuel
could be burned to create steam and propel, well, a modern-day steamboat.
Mike Brown
(pictured above) manufactures small steam engines, from 3- to 20 horsepower
and has adapted them to a number of hull forms, including pontoon boats
driven with a paddle wheel. Says, Brown, "The
Coast Guard has no special requirements for non-commercial steamboats under
40 feet."
For a wealth of
information on steam engines visit Mike
Brown's
website at: - more -
