TY - BOOK AU - Olah,George A. AU - Goeppert,Alain AU - Prakash,G.K.Surya TI - Beyond oil and gas: the methanol economy SN - 9783527627813 AV - HD9502.5.M472 O42 2009 U1 - 333.794 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH KW - Methanol as fuel KW - Methanol industry KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Methanol fuel industry KW - Energy industries KW - Synthetic fuels industry KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Energieversorgung KW - Erneuerbare Energien KW - Methanol KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Power Resources KW - Alternative & Renewable KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-326) and index; Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy; Contents; Preface to the Second Updated Edition; Acronyms and Initialisms; Units and their Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 History of Coal in the Industrial Revolution and Beyond; 3 History of Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas; 4 Fossil Fuel Resources and Their Use; 5 Diminishing Oil and Natural Gas Reserves; 6 The Continuing Need for Carbon Fuels, Hydrocarbons and their Products; 7 Fossil Fuels and Climate Change; 8 Renewable Energy Sources and Atomic Energy; 9 The Hydrogen Economy and its Limitations; 10 The'Methanol Economy': General Aspects N2 - The world is currently consuming about 85 million barrels of oil a day, and about two-thirds as much natural gas equivalent, both derived from non-renewable natural sources. In the foreseeable future, our energy needs will come from any available alternate source. Methanol is one such viable alternative, and also offers a convenient solution for efficient energy storage on a large scale. In this updated and enlarged edition, renowned chemists discuss in a clear and readily accessible manner the pros and cons of humankind's current main energy sources, while providing new ways to overcome obsta UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527627806 ER -