“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy”
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“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” is a book by Nobel laureate chemist George A. Olah that proposes methanol as a key alternative fuel and chemical feedstock for a sustainable, post-fossil-fuel energy system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| methanol economy | 1 |
| “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2967342 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” Context triple: [George A. Olah, notableWork, “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy”]
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Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil is a popular science book by physicist David L. Goodstein that explains the science of fossil fuels and warns about the impending decline of global oil production and its consequences.
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B.
The Future of Power
The Future of Power is a book by political scientist Joseph S. Nye Jr. that analyzes how globalization and technological change are transforming the nature and distribution of power in international relations.
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C.
Steady-State Economics
Steady-State Economics is an influential work in ecological economics that argues for an economy with stable or mildly fluctuating levels of consumption and population within ecological limits.
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D.
Breakthrough Energy
Breakthrough Energy is a clean-energy investment and innovation initiative focused on accelerating the development and deployment of technologies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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E.
Carbon War Room
Carbon War Room is an environmental nonprofit initiative focused on accelerating market-based solutions to climate change and promoting low-carbon business practices worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” Target entity description: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” is a book by Nobel laureate chemist George A. Olah that proposes methanol as a key alternative fuel and chemical feedstock for a sustainable, post-fossil-fuel energy system.
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A.
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil is a popular science book by physicist David L. Goodstein that explains the science of fossil fuels and warns about the impending decline of global oil production and its consequences.
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B.
The Future of Power
The Future of Power is a book by political scientist Joseph S. Nye Jr. that analyzes how globalization and technological change are transforming the nature and distribution of power in international relations.
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C.
Steady-State Economics
Steady-State Economics is an influential work in ecological economics that argues for an economy with stable or mildly fluctuating levels of consumption and population within ecological limits.
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D.
Breakthrough Energy
Breakthrough Energy is a clean-energy investment and innovation initiative focused on accelerating the development and deployment of technologies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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E.
Carbon War Room
Carbon War Room is an environmental nonprofit initiative focused on accelerating market-based solutions to climate change and promoting low-carbon business practices worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author |
Alain Goeppert
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G. K. Surya Prakash ⓘ George A. Olah ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
climate change impacts of fossil fuels
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limitations of oil and gas resources ⓘ methanol as a hydrogen carrier ⓘ methanol fuel cells ⓘ methanol in chemical industry ⓘ methanol production from CO2 and hydrogen ⓘ methanol-based transportation fuels ⓘ |
| field |
chemistry
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energy policy ⓘ environmental science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
CO2 recycling
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carbon-neutral energy cycle ⓘ energy storage using methanol ⓘ renewable energy integration ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
closing the carbon cycle
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decarbonization of transportation ⓘ large-scale methanol infrastructure ⓘ synthetic fuels from CO2 ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
first edition
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second edition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
alternative fuels
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chemical feedstocks ⓘ energy transition ⓘ “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
methanol economy
sustainable energy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking CO2 utilization with fuel production
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popularizing the concept of the methanol economy ⓘ |
| proposes |
transition to post-fossil-fuel energy system
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use of methanol as chemical feedstock ⓘ use of methanol as fuel ⓘ |
| publisher | Wiley-VCH ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
George A. Olah
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
energy industry professionals
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engineers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” Description of subject: “Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” is a book by Nobel laureate chemist George A. Olah that proposes methanol as a key alternative fuel and chemical feedstock for a sustainable, post-fossil-fuel energy system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy”
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“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy”
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subject surface form:
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy
this entity surface form:
methanol economy