African families who rely on subsistence farming and the local micro-economies of their developing nation. Also US rural farmers or even green home owners.

Subsistence farming is predominantly done by hand. AIDS affects 1/3 to 1/2 the adult population of many villages, leaving most of the farming to elderly and orphans. Farms are scaled down. Speed and volume of work suffer. Malnutrition, poverty, and disease are perpetuated.

A biomass gasifier micro-tractor can augment and supplement human farm power while running on free and locally sustainable biomass.

WHAT CAN IT DO?

1. Haul heavy loads:

2. Pump water from wells

3. Plough a field

4. Produce electricity

5. Produce clean-burning gas for cooking

WHY?

1. Flexibility to perform many different tasks adds value.

2. Mobility means it can be used wherever and by whomever.

3. Adjustable load capacities increase usefulness.

4. Can use many attachments: plough, pump, etc.

5. Has many outputs: work, pump, electricity, heat, gas.

HOW?

GASIFICATION:

Bio-mass, which is plant matter such as trees, grasses, and agricultural waste, is slowly “roasted” consuming all the oxygen which leaves a remaining combustible gas. This gas is then combusted in real time in an engine. This simple technology has existed since WWII and has even been shown to be implementable in developing nations.

WHY BIOMASS?
1. Possibly the best fuel source for developing places that don’t have a stable energy infrastructure.

4. It is an underutilized, sustainable, green, and abundant resource.