🔥 The Forgotten Fuel: 100 Years of Wood Gas Vehicles (1921–2021)

How did the world once survive without oil? From ancient blast furnaces to World War II tanks running on wood — this is the untold story of transport gasifiers. Over the past 100 years, millions of vehicles around the globe were powered not by gasoline or diesel... but by firewood and charcoal. This documentary traces the rise, fall, and possible comeback of wood gas technology — from the first charcoal-powered engines to Hitler’s forced conversion of Europe’s transport, to today's looming energy crisis. 🛠️ Is wood gas coming back? 👇 Chapter guide: 00:00 - Beginning 00:03 - Introduction 02:14 - 19th century: in search of cheap fuel 03:51 - The first lighting-gas engine 07:18 - Otto and his engine 12:01 - World War I: the beginning of gasifier vehicles age 13:37 - George Imbert, the father of transport gasifiers 21:04 - 1925 gasifier vehicles contest 30:04 - The first charcoal-powered airplane 30:58 - World War II 34:57 - Tanks and gasifiers 40:01 - The end of the war 41:57 - The second wave of firewood-powered vehicles 44:12 - Afterword 🎥 Voiceover, editing, script — all by‪@ALIFESTORIES‬ 💬 Got questions or want a part 2? Drop a comment below. Subscribe to the channe #WoodGas #GasifierVehicles #EnergyHistory #AlternativeFuel #WWIITrucks #FirewoodPower #CharcoalEngine #RetroTech #GreenEnergy #PostOilEra #OttoEngine #TransportHistory #FuelCrisis #EnergyCrisis2025 #DIYGasifier #HistoricalDocumentary