Battery Technology: "Fill 'Er Up: Liquid Methanol Finally Ready As Potential Energy Source
Fuel cells are the dream power source for portable computers. Engineers imagine you might run your notebook computer for 20 hours from a single fuel cell. When it runs out of power, you'll simply pour in diluted methanol--safe even on commercial airline flights--and power the same cell back up for another 20 hours.
The wonderful side of this dream is that some engineers expect it to be reality by the end of 2001."

Whoops i guess i missed the memo