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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).