It sounds like a normal car and runs like a normal car.

The only difference is Wayne Keith's Bio Truck is powered by bio mass; meaning wood, trash, paper, bottles, just to name a few, using gasification.

Keith drove the car 750 miles up from Alabama without ever using one drop of gas and just returned from a cross country trip from South Carolina to San Francisco and back. "This particular truck gets about 5,000 miles for a quart of wood," Keith said. "Based on the market value in Alabama this would cost less than a penny a mile if I were buying wood. I just use scrap wood, but if I were buying wood it would cost me less than a penny a mile."

The West Virginia Small Farm Conference continues Wednesday with a spotlight on local foods.