The U.S. has E85, China has M85. It's possible to make methanol from natural gas, wood, and coal. The downside? Methanol is less efficient than either gasoline or ethanol. For example, a car that ...

The Startech Environmental Corporation is going to make methanol and other fuels from waste processed in the Startech Plasma Converter Systems in the EnviroSafe Recycling Facility in Puerto Rico.

A more sustainable method of creating methanol—a key component of fuels, plastics, and medicines—has been developed by Cardiff University scientists and an international team of collaborators.