Methanol--fuel of the Future: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3355 ... November 20, 1985, Volume 4 |
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Page 65 - Director of the Center for Auto Safety, a non-profit organization founded by Consumers Union and Ralph Nader in 1970.
Page 141 - Moreover/ gas supplies by the turn of the century will be supplemented by gas from nonconventional domestic sources. The total resources from some of these sources are estimated by AGA to be: tight formations — 500 Tcf; Devonian shales — 225 to 1,800 Tcf; coal seams — 800 Tcf. Estimates of future production from tight formations/ Devonian shales and coal shales, and coal seams depend on a number of economic and technological factors.
Page 159 - Methanol from remote natural gas — The economics for converting natural gas located in remote areas such as the Middle East to methanol are difficult to quantify. For example, plant construction costs are highly site specific. Also, project sponsors can often work out special deals, such as cheap financing or crude oil supply guarantees from the host nations, which can significantly affect the economics. Our...
Page 161 - ... versus the benefits of energy from this source. Use of methanol from remote natural gas also has some problems in addition to generally poor economics. Remote natural gas is not a secure resource. Political instabilities in remote areas can affect plant investments and the availability of natural gas. Also, imported methanol does not lessen our dependence on foreign energy or help the US balance of payments.
Page 141 - AGA projects that total production from these sources in the year 2000 will range from 1.6 Tcf to 3.7 Tcf and in the year 2010 from 3.3 Tcf to 7.5 Tcf. Other unconventional sources could also supplement domestic natural gas supply in future years. These sources include gas from landfills, peat and oil shale gasification, geopressured reservoirs, biomass, and gas from hydrates.
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Page 232 - ... use on such social and economic concerns as health and safety, employment, retail fuel costs, balance of trade, capital investments, and regulatory needs. Although some potentially negative impacts are identified, in general, the assessment finds that the use of alcohol fuels would have a positive or neutral effect on the environment; moreover, the negative impacts could be mitigated through the judicious application of existing regulatory controls and procedural standards.
Page 160 - Based on the economics discussed in this paper, we conclude, that while methanol may be a technically viable alternate for gasoline, its use as a motor fuel is not economically viable for the foreseeable future. To supply even a small portion of the US gasoline market would require many new methanol plants and methanol from these plants would be very expensive compared to gasoline.