Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — They Run on Peat [ARTICLE]

They Run on Peat

A Norway firm is advertising engines that can be operated 'with peat gas instead of benzine or gasoline. The alterations have been made in accordance with a Danish Invention, which makes it possible to use this fuel. It is claimed several thousand engines are being used in Denmark successfully. The new system is stated to , consume from one to two kilos of peat, 2.2 to 4.4 pounds per horse power, according to the quality of the peat.