North Korea is geographically in a poor place when it comes to fuel and oil. Without natural oil and with high expenses on imports of oil and imports in general, fueling their cars with gas is not sustainable and is definitely not reasonable. But, they’ve found their way around this with some creativity. Residential vehicles along with their military trucks use wood to keep their wheels moving. These vehicles have a burning, open fire pit attached to the engine where barrels of wood are poured in to keep them moving.
I’m not sure how others would feel about this, but having an open flame fire pit right behind me while driving is not something I would feel the most comfortable with. However, you must give them credit as this is a smart play considering that normal fueling techniques are simply not applicable to North Korea.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/how-north-korea-fuels-its-military-trucks-with-trees/
North Korea will definitely have to be creative with fuel in the future since there are limited resources in North Korea. I agree that I would not be comfortable with an open fire pit attached to the engine.
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