NOVELTY - Production of methanol comprises feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock and an oxygen feedstock to a partial oxidation reactor; adding a hydrogen feedstock to the obtained partial oxidation reactor effluent; and subjecting the obtained synthesis gas stream to methanol synthesis to produce a methanol product stream and a tail gas stream (where reformation is not used to provide hydrogen as a product).    USE - Methanol is useful as a substitute fuel for gasoline as well as diesel fuel. Methanol may be burned in convention combustion devices such as an internal combustion engine.    ADVANTAGE - Methanol produced by the process is relatively nonpolluting (having reduced emission of carbon dioxide) when compared to gasoline and diesel fuel when it is combusted.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Production (I) of methanol comprises feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock and an oxygen feedstock to a partial oxidation reactor; adding a hydrogen feedstock to the obtained partial oxidation reactor effluent comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; and subjecting the obtained synthesis gas stream (having a predetermined ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide) to methanol synthesis to produce a methanol product stream and a tail gas stream (where reformation is not used to provide hydrogen as a product).    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) production (II) of methanol comprising feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock to a partial oxidation reactor; subjecting the obtained synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to methanol synthesis to produce a methanol product stream and a tail gas stream; separating the tail gas stream into at least two streams comprising a purge stream and a recycle stream (where the recycle stream comprises a substantial portion of the tail gas stream); and recycling the recycle stream to the partial oxidation reactor; and    (2) production (III) of methanol comprising feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock and an oxygen feedstock to a partial oxidation reactor to produce a partial oxidation reactor effluent comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; electrolyzing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen and recovering at least a portion of the hydrogen to produce a hydrogen stream; reacting carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce carbon monoxide; and subjecting a methanol synthesis gas obtained from the partial oxidation reactor effluent, at least a portion of the hydrogen stream and carbon monoxide produced to methanol synthesis to produce a methanol product stream and a tail gas stream.