This article doesn't address the main problem with methanol. In order to produce large quantities of methanol it is necessary to rely on those evil companies who drill wells to produce natural gas. Or we could get those other evil companies who kill trees to double their efforts. No, methanol is evil because of the way it would be produced the same as any petroleum based product.
That didn't stop the idiots in government from issuing a mandate to reformulate diesel fuel a few years ago. I had to eventually replace every rubber hose and fitting in an older vehicle. I did it myself at a nominal cost. Had I not kept a close watch I could have easily been stranded somewhere by one of these failures. I can't imagine how much it cost others who had to take their vehicles to shops for service.