Fuel problems of the future

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1921
• Weight: 151 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000401301

✦ Synopsis

FUEL PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE.* -Tilo most pressing fucI problem of tlio near futuro is bound up with tho social ideals of tho mining cInss, nnd the prcscnt stnndnrd of living of tho miner cnii only bo riiniiitnincd by co-opcrotioii bctwcen owncrs nnd miners, together wit11 consitlor:ition of tho inoro cfliciont iiso of fuel, whicli is p:scnti:il if n liiglicr prico is h bo paid for conl. 1110 clrccts of tlio dcprccintcd quality of the con1 rniscd during mid sinco*tlio war point to tilo :idvisnbility of snfegunrding tlio interests of tho consumer by extending tho system of chnrging now being :ipplied t o the gns industry; tho price of c o d S h O U l d Lo bnscd upon tho potential tlierms wliicli i t contnius. As an cxnmplo of tlio increased asli contcut of coal, tlie cxpcr~cnco of tlio Central Electric 811ppIy Co. is notorvorthy ; for tliirtccn acelts the nverrige nsli content w s 18.1 per cent. and tho cost 46s. 2d. er ton, tvIiera?s during tho winter of 1914-15 tho as% ivns only 13 per cent. and tho cost 14s. Gd.