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Toward an Economic Model for Gas-to-Liquid Fuels?

This is a pretty big distortion in that Methane (Ch4) is very easy to turn to a liquid as Methanol (Ch3Oh) by simply partial oxidation with air. Now this is not what jet engine manufacturers prefer but it works well with 15% gasoline in spark ignited engines as M-85.

The gasoline component provides cold starting and lubricity for the injectors.

The Indianapolis cars have been running on methanol since the late 30's as it has a natural octane of about 110 and because of the low flame temperature does not push out NOX's