Comments on: Closer to Reforming Natural Gas Into Liquid Fuels http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/10/30/closer-to-reforming-natural-gas-into-liquid-fuels/ News and Views for Making and Saving Money in New Energy and Fuel Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathon Severdia http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/10/30/closer-to-reforming-natural-gas-into-liquid-fuels/comment-page-1/#comment-34772 Jonathon Severdia Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:14:00 +0000 http://newenergyandfuel.com/?p=3411#comment-34772 So it sounds like DMFC for gadgets is getting really close finally. Awesome. What about larger power applications with RMFC? How much longer before we can run a lawnmower, a wheelchair, an electric bicycle by pouring a quart of HEET down a fuel tank? When cheaper electrolysis technologies come to market, would it be feasible for a household to produce its own methanol from H2 and CO2? Would atmospheric CO2 be prohibitively limiting for such an scale? If possible, it certainly seems like methanol could potentially be a unified power source for cooking/heating/transportation/electricity in off-grid setups run on renewables, or maybe just so suburbanites can run their laptops and mowers without having to drive to the store. So it sounds like DMFC for gadgets is getting really close finally. Awesome. What about larger power applications with RMFC? How much longer before we can run a lawnmower, a wheelchair, an electric bicycle by pouring a quart of HEET down a fuel tank?

When cheaper electrolysis technologies come to market, would it be feasible for a household to produce its own methanol from H2 and CO2? Would atmospheric CO2 be prohibitively limiting for such an scale? If possible, it certainly seems like methanol could potentially be a unified power source for cooking/heating/transportation/electricity in off-grid setups run on renewables, or maybe just so suburbanites can run their laptops and mowers without having to drive to the store.

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