Better Living Through Chemistry: A Methanol Future?-PW058

Dr. Surya Prakash, author of Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, which he co-wrote with George Olah and Alain Goeppert. Find out about his latest discovery for converting methane gas to plastics and other chemical science breakthroughs such as methanol which can reduce pollution. Prakash is holder of the George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry at the University of Southern California.


One comment on “Better Living Through Chemistry: A Methanol Future?-PW058

  1. kenneth wachi says:

    Dr Prakash: It was good to speak with you today June 7 about the Weber, Wachi, Praksh winners. I am happy to support the chem grad students. I enjoy reading about their research. I really like to see what they are doing in renewable energy(methane/methanol to replace petroleum. someday we ill have global; cooling because they will remove all the CO2 from the atmosphere to make gasoline). kkwachi

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