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Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy

Author(s) -

Olah George A.

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

angewandte chemie international edition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831

H-Index - 550

eISSN - 1521-3773

pISSN - 1433-7851

DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462121

Subject(s) - methanol , fossil fuel , raw material , environmental science , waste management , alternative fuels , natural resource economics , biochemical engineering , chemistry , economics , engineering , organic chemistry , diesel fuel

Methanol , a convenient liquid fuel and raw material for synthetic hydrocarbons, offers an alternative to depleting sources of fossil fuels and can be produced, for example, by reacting H 2 with CO 2 from industrial effluents or the atmosphere—good news with regards to global‐warming concerns. This Essay discusses various aspects of current and alternative energy sources, with a particular focus on the “methanol economy” (see scheme).

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