National fuel problem: Future possibilities

✍ Scribed by Tizar, H. T.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1931
• Weight: 260 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000504602

✦ Synopsis

severity of cotiipctitioil-liut tiiorc tliriii a11 this, tlic SlJrCild Of t~Ch1liC:ll litlO\.lCtlgC illld C t ~i t C i t t i ~~i , coiiibitic to protnotc cconotiiy in cwry dircction. l!he itvcrngc :itnoittit of con1 itscd iu tlic gcncriition of n unit ol c:lcctricity dccrciisca stciidily evcry year, ntid eveti witlioitt iiriy dcpiirt,iirc from tlic Imt, tccltiiical pract,icc of to-diiy it sltortld Ijc possil)lc, in ten years' titnc, to producc twicc the ittiioittit of clcctricitl ciicrgy t.lint: is produccd to-day witltout ntiy iticrcnsc in coiil coiisiunptioti. Tf tltc sclictnc for tlic complctc clcctrifcittioti of the ritillriiy systcti1 is ntloptcd, that :tlotic will effect i L t.itvitig of 10 inillioti t, CJf coiil i t year. \VI! tiirist not expect, t.licrcforc, the Iioinc cotistittiption of cord to iticrciisc---rntIicr tiittst \re iit1ticil)iitc it fltrtlicr drop ivliicli will not lie coittitcrbiil;iticctl Iiy tlic lotig looked for rcturti to tiorni:il itttlustriiil conditions. I do not ljcc how oiic ciiti csciilic this coticlttsioti, iitilcss ctitircly ticw itscs Iiecotiic so prosperoiis iigiiiti t,liiit wc ciui iiffortl to wiistc it. 130th cvctits itrc :it Iiresetit iinliltcly, hit tlic foriricr is not itiipossible.

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