Wind and Coal: The Technical Photosynthesis The increasing energy demand, the associated CO2 emissions, and the concurrently decreasing reserves of fossil fuels require new concepts for sustainable energy production. The so-called Adam-and-Eve principle for CO2-free production of methanol from coal and nuclear energy is revisited and adapted to today's circumstances. Electrolysis of water using renewable electricity is applied for H-2 production. Simultaneously, coal and the oxygen formed during electrolysis are burned in an oxyfuel process, generating electricity and relatively pure CO2. Hydrogen from electrolysis and CO2 are converted to methanol, which can then be used as chemical- and energy feedstock.