Gasifier Experimenters Kit - Pole Shift Survival Information

Biomass Energy Foundation: Methanolwastes, according to...Gas, Coal, Biomass ==> (gasification,catalytic conversion,separation)==> METHANOL or other alcohols or FT dieselA close friend of mine, Dr. John Anderson, had justpatented a process for converting municipal waste tosynthesis gas which could be used to make methanol. Iwrote a draft of the article for SCIENCE magazineproposing that methanol would be the most likelyreplacement for gasoline as the oil ran out. I gave thearticle to another friend, Dr. R. M. Lerner to read andcomment. He liked the article, but suggested that thetransition to a methanol fueled future would be easier if itcould be blended in increasing amounts into gasoline, saystarting with 5 to 10% and gradually developing morecapacity as oil became increasingly difficult to find.I liked this suggestion, so tested a little methanol ingasoline and found it dissolved at all ratios (at roomtemperature). Being adventurous and having an aging1969 Toyota, I got a gallon of methanol from thestockroom and added it to my tank to get a 10% mixture.It started fine and I spent the afternoon doing severalerrands - didn't notice any difference in the driving. After afew more tanksfull of 10% methanol in my gasoline, Inoticed that the "tank to tank" fuel economy was equal toor better than gasoline. As a chemist, I knew that a gallonof gasoline had twice as much energy as a gallon ofmethanol, so I didn't believe it so decided to make somemore scientific tests. I obtained a fuel burette (graduatedcylinder) and mounted it in the window of my car anddrove over a test course involving a 1 mile hill climb using0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% methanol in the burette. Myhttp://www.woodgas.com/methanol.htm (4 of 5) [10/9/2008 08:23:07]