API: METHANOL IS THE WRONG CHOICE OF FUELS

This article is the American Petroleum Institute's (API's) analysis of what is wrong with methanol as a motor fuel. Motor fuels from methanol are either pure methanol (M100) or methanol/gasoline blends (e.g., M85, which is 85% methanol/15% gasoline). API believes that the following critical points are being overlooked: 1) Methanol fuel is unlikely to result in significant air quality improvements; 2) methanol fuel raises serious public health concerns because it is highly toxic; 3) methanol costs are high, one reason being that a gallon of methanol only goes half as far as a gallon of gasoline; and 4) methanol fuel will not significantly enhance energy security--the cheapest source is foreign natural gas.

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  PennWell Publishing Company

  1421 South Sheridan, P.O. Box 1260
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• Authors:
  • O'Keefe
• Publication Date: 1989-8-14

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16, 18
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 33
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Costs; Environmental impacts; Methanol; Toxicity
• Candidate Terms: Energy security
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486107
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM