Think about it. Not being green, since the electricity comes from somewhere. But there is an efficiency point, where the gain from making this great liquid fuel outweighs the transmission cost of electricity. My target on a methanol factory is 40% conversion efficiency, first generation. Making methanol, right their in the LA harbor from electricity. Just the saving on transporting liquid fuel alone gets you close to break even.
In LA, they are stuck in a basin, they pay a higher price for combustion of fossil fuel. They will pay to move the combustion somewhere else, and an efficient methanol factory does that for them.
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You're better off with butanol. It's an alcohol with a couple extra carbons. The important part is it's hydrophobic so you can send it through the existing infrastructure, can run it in unmodified car engines, and it can be made by bacteria.
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