Ken Frencher 3/19/99 Chem 136 Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas We have known for a long time that eventually our oil deposits will dry up, and it would be helpful at that time if we had some kind of alternative fuel to power all of the machines that we use. Over the past two decades more oil has been pumped than has been found in the world. For this reason scientists have been looking to potential alternative …showed first 75 words of 739 total…

…showed last 75 words of 739 total…properties natural gas will be exploited more and more in the future. Fuel cells are already being used in the Necar produced by Mercedes that runs on methanol. It is also used to produce a cleaner burning diesel fuel that can be used in automobiles today. Eventually when the obstacle of the cost of conversion is overcome then the only thing limiting its use is the applications we can think of to apply it to.