Cultural Meanings of Wood Gas as Automobile Fuel in Sweden, 1930-1945

Researchers within the social and human sciences have conducted several interesting historical studies on alternative fuels to petrol.¹ Wood gas has not been given the same attention as a topic for scientific research², despite the fact that wood gas was almost fully implemented in an automotive society, albeit for a short period of time. Although based on a variety of conceptual frameworks and theoretical terms, research on the history of alternative fuels refute the notion that technological failures have lost out due to a natural selection in which the better performer wins the race. What causes market dominance is not