RealClearPolitics has a report on the uses of methanol as vehicle fuel. It sounds promising, particularly since it can be made from biomass: corncobs and stalks, wine grape pulp, rice straw, and the like.
It is also a way to turn plentiful natural gas into an easy to store and vend liquid fuel that can operate in very slightly modified internal combustion engines like the one in your auto. If stupid people want to drink it and die, let them win the Darwin award.
