Editing Gasification (section)

==History==
[[File:Adler Diplomat 3 GS mit Holzgasgenerator-hinten rechts.JPG|thumb|right|[[Adler Diplomat]] 3 with gas generator (1941)]]

Energy has been produced at industrial scale via gasification since the early 19th century. Initially [[coal]] and [[peat]] were gasified to produce [[town gas]] for lighting and cooking, with the first public street lighting installed in Pall
Mall, London on January 28, 1807, spreading shortly to supply commercial gas lighting to most industrialized cities until the end of the 19th century <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Breault |first1=Ronald W. |title=Gasification Processes Old and New: A Basic Review of the Major Technologies |journal=Energies |date=23 February 2010 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=216–240 |doi=10.3390/en3020216|doi-access=free }}</ref> when it was replaced with electrical lighting. Gasification and syngas continued to be used in [[blast furnaces]] and more significantly in the production of [[Chemical synthesis|synthetic]] chemicals where it has been in use since the 1920s. The thousands of sites left toxic residue. Some sites have been remediated, while others are still polluted.<ref>{{cite web |title=A century later, utilities still face billions in potential liabilities from obsolete manufactured gas plants |url=https://www.utilitydive.com/news/a-century-later-utilities-still-face-billions-in-potential-liabilities-fro/606351/ |website=Utility Dive |date=11 October 2021}}</ref>

During both [[world wars]], especially the [[World War II]], the need for fuel produced by gasification reemerged due to the shortage of petroleum.<ref>[http://membres.lycos.fr/rotarysu/nouvelle.htm Gas Generator Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618223142/http://membres.lycos.fr/rotarysu/nouvelle.htm |date=2006-06-18 }} History of the Gasogene technology</ref> [[Wood gas generator]]s, called Gasogene or Gazogène, were used to power motor vehicles in [[Europe]]. By 1945 there were trucks, buses and agricultural machines that were powered by gasification. It is estimated that there were close to 9,000,000 vehicles running on producer gas all over the world.

Another example, the [[Xe than]] (literally, "coal car" in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]) was a [[minibus]] that has been [[Coal gasification|converted to run on coal]] instead of [[gasoline]]. This modification regained popularity in [[Vietnam]] during the [[subsidy period]], when gasoline was in short supply. {{lang|vi|Xe than}} became much less common during the [[Đổi Mới]] period, when gasoline became widely accessible again.