Lady's and Gentlemen is called "Water Gas Technology". Back in the turn of the Century, 1890's the public Utilities used to convert Coal into "Water Gas", using steam. "Water Gas consist of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, that was used in the old street lamps. Carbon Monoxide or Carbon Dioxide, combined with Hydrogen and passed over a catalyst to form Methane. And eventually converted in to Methyl Alcohol. They're are several books on the subject called the Methanol Economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . Sorry UCLA didn't invent anything new.
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Lady's and Gentlemen is called "Water Gas Technology". Back in the turn of the Century, 1890's the public Utilities used to convert Coal into "Water Gas", using steam. "Water Gas consist of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, that was used in the old street lamps. Carbon Monoxide or Carbon Dioxide, combined with Hydrogen and passed over a catalyst to form Methane. And eventually converted in to Methyl Alcohol. They're are several books on the subject called the Methanol Economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . Sorry UCLA didn't invent anything new.