Today, methanol provides an alternative feedstock for diversified end-products: 28% for polymers (i.e., polyethylene and polypropylene via methanol-to-olefin (MTO) route), 22% for predominately resins (via formaldehyde derivatives), 27% for fuel, and the remainder for other chemical products. In the presented pathways, methanol emerges as a new carbon platform chemical, with 200-900 Mt being converted to olefins via methanol-to-olefins/propylene (MTO/P) and to aromatics via methanol-to-aromatics (MTA).