Here are links to some of the coverage of the CO2 to methanol work published in the summer of 2014 from the DOE:
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"A New Way to Make Methanol Fuel," New Energy And Fuel, 1/19/10
"A Renewable Twist on Fossil Fuels," Science Daily, May 5, 2011
"Achieving $2 Gas" by Robert Zubrin, National Review Online, 9/15/11
"Better Gas-to-Methanol Catalyst" by Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review, 8/26/09
"Beyond Peak Oil and Climate Change" by Marcin Gerwin, The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, 4/26/09
"Carbon Dioxide Reforming" by M. Ragheb, UIUC.edu, 10/3/10
"Carbon Dioxide to Methanol: Answer to Emission Problem?" by Mariella Moon PCmag.com, 4/27/09
"Closed down methanol plant turned into the world's largest biofuels production plant" by Elisabeth Kempemo, Logos Kommunikation (June 2010) Chemrec
CoalToOil.com
"Conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol using solar energy" by Ibram Ganesh, Current Science, 9/25/11
"CO2 Envisioned As Source Of Green Fuel" by Pete Danko, Earth Techling, 6/14/12
CO2toMethanol.com
"CO2 to Methanol," Greener Energy Blog, 8/25/10
"CO2 to Methanol Fuel in One Process," New Energy And Fuel, 4/20/09
"Ending the Fossil Fuel Era with Methanol-Fuel of Choice at the Indianapolis 500" by Glenn Meyers, GreenBuildingElements.com, 4/17/12
"Enzymatic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol" by
Bakul C. Dave, Ph.D
"Forget storing carbon - re-use it: CO2 to methanol" by Mark Halper,
RenewableEnergyFocus.com, 6/27/11
"Fuel from CO2," The Warsaw Voice, 10/28/09
"Is Methanol the Key to Energy Independence?" By William Tucker,
RealClearEnergy.org, 6/13/12
"Japan's Mitsui Chemicals to make methanol from CO2," Reuters, 8/25/08
"Make Liquid Fuels from Methane and CO2," New Energy And Fuel, 1/3/11
"Methanol as an alternative transportation fuel in the US: Options for sustainable and/or energy-secure transportation" by L. Bromberg and W.K. Cheng, Sloan Automotive Laboratory (MIT), 11/28/10
"Methanol from CO2 and Solar Energy"--A Literature Review by M. Schmitz, S. Kluczka, C. VaeBen
"New Strategies for CO2-to-Methanol Conversion" by Dr. Joyanta Choudhury,
Wiley Online Library, 3/2/12
"New Way to Convert CO2 into Methanol," Alternative Energy, 4/25/09
"Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol" by Emmanuel Okpo, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1/1/09
"Report: Polish Power Plant and University to Cooperate on CO2 to Methanol Trial," Green Car Congress, 7/7/09
Science Daily: "Carbon Dioxide Transformed Into Methanol," 4/16/09
"Singapore Discovers How To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Methanol!" by T Goodman, InventorSpot.com, 4/21/09
"The Answer Is (Artificially) Blowing in the Wind" by Anne Eisenberg, The New York Times,5/21/11
"The Methanol Alternative to Gasoline" by Tom Ridge and Mary E. Peters, The New York Times, 2/23/12
USMEX ENERGY
Yugen Zhang--Director of IBN's CO2 to Methanol conversion project (4/16/09) press release
A Chemistry Breakthrough That Could Fuel a Revolution
Now methanol can be made from natural gas and captured carbon dioxide.
By Dr. George A. Olah and Chris Cox, Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2013