Determine what type of vehicles are available in your area which use gasoline or methanol or methanol blends. Determine if conversion systems are available in your area to run highly concentrated methanol. If the statement is false, explain why it is false. Unlike ethanol, methanol will not absorb water from gasoline. A comparative understanding of alternative fuels is necessary before they can successfully proceed with this guide.
Methanol is a very misunderstood alternative fuel.
Many technicians and pseudo-automotive buffs equate methanol with ethanol. Another possible side effect of changing over to methanol blended fuels is the possible detergent action on an older vehicle's fuel tank and lines. In an extreme case, fuel filters could repeatedly clog until the system would be entirely cleansed of these contaminants. Presently, the manufacturing of methanol from natural gas is the most economic process. Methanol has slightly more energy than ethanol.