r.e. [Gasification] Synergism - Methanol

[Henry Swayze]

Mark
I was interested in reading your post of May 7th about county scale methanol production.
I live in rural Tunbridge Vermont and am considering ways to make Tunbridge carbon neutral.  I can see paths to generate all our electricity but dealing with the 20K miles the average Vermonter drives is a tough one. 
Do you know what the problems are in burning M85 in our regular cars is likley to be... or at least those set for E85?  If we can get by that one how about producing say 2,000 gallons of methanol a day for our driving needs from wood waste.?  Tunbridge is app 50 sq miles and 70% wooded... say we could have the waste thinning from logging from 15 sq miles of forest.  Do you have a sense of whether this would make an adequate supply base?  How about equipment and efficiency at this scale?  If our model was good but need to be upscale we could take it up to say 10-15,000 gallons a day by bringing in surrounding towns.  We would have very little use for secondary heat.
 
Any thoughts or links would be appreciated,
Henry Swayze
Post Carbon Tunbridge
802-889-5556