Natural gas is processed through several steps, including the use of catalysts, pressure and high heat, until it eventually emerges as liquid methanol. (See References 3) As of 2011, natural gas is the cheapest methanol precursor, but other high-carbon feedstocks such as coal can be employed to create liquid methanol.
The Three Musketeers. by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Richard Pevear. 704pp, Penguin Classics, Â£25. As a small boy back in the 1960s, I dreamed of being either a racing driver, a game-park warden or a musketeer.
17th Century France, Occasional Trips To England, And Some Heavy-Duty Gothic Backdrops. Since The Three Musketeers is a work of historical fiction, its setting is pretty much center stage, 100% of the time. Dumas uses history for his own literary ends. For instance, in real life the Duke of Buckingham may have been gay.