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The Business Opportunity of the Decade
Methanol Fuel
Eyal Aronoff - Fuel Freedom Foundation, March 2012
Methanol Fuel Life Cycle
Feedstock
Natural Gas Production
Increased production causing the price to collapse
Natural Gas as Feedstock
1.7 trillion qft
$3.5 billion
17 billion gallon
methanol
10 billion gallon
gasoline
1.3 mbpd
$38 billion
12%of oil
import
Processing and Distribution
Advantages of Upstream Processing
Small addition to existing infrastructure
Up to 25% of the feedstock could be naturally occurring CO2 Could substantially boost methanol yield Lower the carbon footprint of the fuel
But requires methanol distribution system
Effective where large metro areas are in close proximity to the gas fields
Natural Gas Processing Plants
Gas Station Solution
Methanol production on demand Container-size gasifier connected to
municipal water and municipal gas No need for truck delivery and
underground storage tank Even at a commercial gas rate of over
$8/Mcf, methanol produced for under $1.5 a gallon
Profit margins are huge compared to profit from gasoline sale
The Methanol Car
For new cars: Open Fuel Standard For existing cars:
Activate E85 fuel flexibility + replace elastomers (seals and O-rings) = You get M60 compatibility
Upgrade to higher methanol blends with a simple spark table modification
The Methanol Car - Results
Very low tail pipe emissions 15% improved MPG relative to
gasoline on energy content equivalent
These results are similar to the results published by the Chinese experiment “16 gallons of methanol equal to 10
gallons of gasoline”
From Idea to Reality – What Needs to Happen…
Pass the Open Fuel Standard with methanol support requirement
EPA to define a standard for fuel-grade methanol including additives
EPA to relax after-market conversion rules EPA to give a waver for the 1 lb. rule UL certification for methanol mixer pumps National open source repository for
replacement fuels spark tables (a.k.a. “tunes”)
Work With Us
To capitalize on this trillion dollar-a-year opportunity we all need to work together
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