TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The method further comprises: adjusting a composition of the anode exhaust and/or the anode effluent gas stream to achieve a module value for the anode effluent gas stream of 1.7-2.3, where the module value is a ratio of syngas mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide to a syngas mixture comprising carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, where the composition of the anode exhaust is adjusted, and the removal of carbon di oxide from at least a portion of the anode exhaust achieves the M value for the effluent gas stream of 1.7-2.3; compressing at least a portion of the anode effluent gas stream prior to the reacting in the presence of the methanol synthesis catalyst; and separating water from the anode exhaust and/or the anode effluent gas stream. In the method, the adjusting step comprises performing a reverse water gas shift process. In the method, adjusting step comprises: dividing the anode exhaust or the anode effluent gas stream to form a first divided stream and a second divided stream; performing a reverse water gas shift on the first divided stream to form a first shifted stream; and combining at least a portion of the first shifted stream with at least a portion of the second divided stream to form an adjusted anode exhaust or an adjusted anode effluent gas stream. In the method: reacting step further produces at least one stream comprising syngas that is recycled for reacting in the presence of the methanol synthesis catalyst; methanol synthesis conditions comprise a pressure of 5-10 MPag and a temperature of 250-300 degrees C; the molten carbonate fuel cell is operated at a thermal ratio of 0.25-1; a fuel utilization in the anode is less than or equal to 50% and a carbon dioxide utilization in the cathode is at least 60%; and the molten carbonate fuel cell is operated to generate electrical power at a current density of at least 150 mA/cm2 and at least 40 mW/cm2 of waste heat, and the method further comprises performing an endothermic reaction to maintain a temperature differential between an anode inlet and an anode outlet of less than or equal to 100 degrees C, where performing the endothermic reaction consumes at least 40% of the waste heat. Preferred components: The anode exhaust has a molar ratio of hydrogen:carbon monoxide of at least 3:1. The streams comprising gaseous or liquid products include at least one stream comprising more than 2 carbon alcohols, or at least one stream comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and/or reformable fuel. In the method: at least 90 vol.% of the reformable fuel is methane; the fuel stream further comprises at least 5 vol.% of inert gases; and the fuel stream comprises at least 10 vol.% of carbon di oxide and at least 10 vol.% of nitrogen. The cathode inlet stream comprises exhaust from a combustion turbine. The reformable fuel introduced into the anode and/or the internal reforming element associated with the anode provides a reformable fuel surplus ratio of at least 1.5. The ratio of net moles of syngas in the anode exhaust to moles of carbon dioxide in a cathode exhaust is at least 2. The electrical efficiency for the molten carbonate fuel cell is 10-40% and a total fuel cell efficiency for the molten carbonate fuel cell is at least 55%. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.