Hey, I’m not here to argue with you. I checked Wikipedia, and methanol does appear to be very toxic. However, take note of this:
Methanol is readily biodegradable in both aerobic (oxygen present) and anaerobic (oxygen absent) environments. Methanol will not persist in the environment. The half-life for methanol in groundwater is just one to seven days, while many common gasoline components have half-lives in the hundreds of days (such as benzene at 10–730 days). Since methanol is miscible with water and biodegradable, it is unlikely to accumulate in groundwater, surface water, air or soil.[20]
Not so fast, more like 5-10 years under some conditions: http://info.ngwa.org/gwol/pdf/022676595.PDF
I do research that involves 10-20 gallons of methanol at a time. It doesn’t irritate much and acts on the body over a longer period of time, so it doesn’t SEEM as toxic as it is.
It is, however, short-lived in the environment and doesn’t really contaminate for any length of time.