2549.     ---------------.  [PADOVANI, C.]  Direct and Indirect Use of Methane as Motor Fuel.  Proc. World Petrol. Cong., vol. 2, 1933, pp. 795-798; British Chem. Abs., 1934, B, p. 996.

        Possibility of using compressed CH₄ as motor fuel, or of converting it into liquid fuel, for example, by direct thermal treatment or by conversion into a mixture of CO and H₂, which would then serve as the raw material for the synthesis of alcohols or light hydrocarbons, is discussed with particular reference to conditions in Italy.