In AJ Discala’s series of green energy articles, the CEO will describe four alternative fuels for transportation that are cheaper than gasoline and diesel, and that can be implemented immediately using existing infrastructures. Using alternative fuel sources will help us reduce our dependence on oil for transportation, which Discala believes is critical to our economy and national safety. In this third article of the series, AJ discusses the merits of methanol, or wood alcohol. Natural gas can be processed to make methanol, or wood alcohol, which is different from ethanol, which is grain alcohol. Methanol is increasingly affordable because of the low cost of gas these days. “Methanol will run a car just fine and today its price is about $1.12 per gallon,” says AJ Discala. “It takes two gallons of methanol to get the same energy you have in a gallon of gasoline, but methanol is a lot cleaner and it can be made by any country, including the U.S.” Discala also attests there are economic benefits to using this fuel alternative. “We had a big methanol industry until a few years ago, and much of it went to China. The industry would be started up again quite easily if it were profitable, and I believe it would be.”
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