The Methanol Economy: Forget about the hydrogen economy. Methanol is the key ...

Technology Review ^ | March 2, 2006 | By Kevin Bullis

[gwmoore]

The strange thing here is does it HAVE to be METHANOL????
How bout pure, water clear ETHANOL AKA White Lightnin', etc,
works great.......just eliminate the steenking tax....
I am sure the problems with the fuel line material and the gasketing can be worked out rather easy.......

We have the infrastructure to begin production immediately...
both big industry and independent production facilities could be in operation overnight...
problem solved..
Keep the faith for freedom and watch for them Revenooers..

Greg......

[Semi Civil Servant]

And, indeed, you can take carbon dioxide and water, and if you have electric power, you can chemically reduce it into methanol.

Regular...

or Premium?

[dangerdoc]

LOL.

No but he is a wise man. ; )



Seriously, I would love to be able to fill up from the tank in the back yard.

It doesn't eat fuel lines either.

[Dark Knight]

Hydrogen is a fascinating subject. We have research that is promising to force some algae to produce H2 instead of O2, and they are in the efficiency stage, not the basic stage.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70273-0.html?tw=rss.index

H2 can be stored safely in a Borax compound and has the pentagon interested, as the stored fuel is not explosive. Daimler Chrysler demonstrated a town and county Natrium in 2002 for the pentagon.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0131/p13s01-stss.html

DK