LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 years agoGerman researchers say methanol could be the solution to long-term renewable energy storage, and a single methanol tank the size of a large LNG carrier ship, is enough to power Germany for 10 hours.spectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkGerman researchers say methanol could be the solution to long-term renewable energy storage, and a single methanol tank the size of a large LNG carrier ship, is enough to power Germany for 10 hours.spectrum.ieee.orgLughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoI don’t have the exact chemical formulas for methanol in front of me, but I’ll bet burning methanol in air gives you water as a byproduct.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoAccording to the YouTube video I just watched water is a by product of methanol combustion along with CO2
I don’t have the exact chemical formulas for methanol in front of me, but I’ll bet burning methanol in air gives you water as a byproduct.
According to the YouTube video I just watched water is a by product of methanol combustion along with CO2