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		dukecitypal on Sept 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prometheus Fuels (YC W19) Closes Series B with $1.... Why convert methanol to gasoline when you can directly convert it into electricity using a reformer and HT-PEM fuelcell? https://www.advent.energy/advent-power-stacks/

splistud on Sept 23, 2021 | [–]

Because gasoline is also an extremely useful product

lambdatronics on Sept 24, 2021 | | [–]

Seems to me that directly selling methanol might be the way to go at first. It's an important industrial chemical in its own right.

brutusborn on Sept 23, 2021 | [–]

The main benefit would be in applications like jet fuel where the smaller alcohols and hydrocarbons won't cut it.

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