Methanol Production

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by kato13

Unfortunately the game designers got methanol totally wrong.

Using basic methods you can only extract 20 liters of methanol from 1000kg of wood. (Plasma gassification would be a non-"basic" method)

From wood you could make ethanol if you have sulfuric acid to break down the cellulose or have cellulose metabolizing yeast (something they are only just working on now).

More discussion here.
http://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.php?t=226

With that being said, just what the heck are the vehicles in T2K going to run on?

If Methanol is not productive, ethanol is great, except most of the grain or beets or potatoes that exist in Europe are going into peoples stomachs, Petroleum is a dream from a lifetime ago.

So, any ideas what could be used?

My $0.02

Mike