#2466 Tuesday 28th April

 Long time ... no post .... oops!

No real news to report.  The trip to Busselton was good and Kaylia is now counting down till the next trip in July!

#2465 Sunday 5th April

Today I have completed step 1 of "the project"! 

 I have emptied a gas cylinder and removed the tap so it can be filled with water. When full of water, the cylinder can be safely cut.  The top has been cut off.  When I have several cylinders prepared, then they will be welded together to make a long tube. This will become the firebox part of the wood gas generator.

This is a photo of a working generator where the gas produced is powering the electric generator in the background. Thus we can power our household by burning scrap wood.  By building this wood generator on a larger scale, I can power my Landrover.

#2464 Saturday 4th April

 Somestimes I just have to agree with the FB fountains of wisdom ..... today it's about the price of petrol .  The fuel is carried in ships which take a fair while to travel from their port of origin to Australia. So the fuel (which was bought for say $80 per barrel when loaded onto the ship) does not magically increase in cost during the trip. It has still cost the same amount when it reaches our shores.  Yet the fuel companies have immediately increased the price of ALL fuel being sold.  Why is this not seen as "price gouging"???  The logic escapes me.

#2463 1st April

Oxford University researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.

This hypothetical quantity is referred to as a critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks but twice as many morons.

#2462 Wednesday 1st April

 This morning I picked up 8 empty gas bottles that will be "remanufactured" into the main part of the gas producer.  My research so far has shown that the project is completely practical.  There are many vehcles over the world that are being powered by burning wood!  I'm starting my producer on a small scale .... suitable for powering a generator.  I will make it so that the producer can be enlarged to power the Landrover.

#2461 Friday 27th March

I've got a new project to entertain me..... remember that during the 1940s, (no I guess that we don't remember!) .... anyway, at that time it was common to build a "gas producer" to power your car. Petrol was hard to get at that time and the gas producer allowed people to run their car .... from burning wood!  In the current times I can see that we might find that we can't get petrol.  So a gas producer is a idea well worth researching and building.

#2460 Monday 23rd March