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If you’re going to insist on an internal combustion engine, it probably makes more sense to go to the extra effort of making methanol or even synthetic gasoline or diesel rather than deal with the difficulty of storing hydrogen.

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I run a race car on methanol. There's reasons why we don't use it for civilian pedestrian use cases. Number one your eyes immediately start burning from the combustion gases. Secondly the hygroscopic nature of it leads to corrosion.

Yeah and if you’re running individual zoomies you take a shower if it’s running rich. Gotta be careful though as it sometimes is hard to tell if something is on fire because it burns so clean.

can you safely run methanol? i was under the impression it’s more dangerous than gasoline

It’s dangerous because it can enter the body through your skin

And the amount of skin that need be exposed for a fatal dose is shockingly small.

It's also highly toxic if the vapors are breathed in.

Did I mention it's also invisible when burning?

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