PETROL SUPPLIES LOW
SEARCH FOR SYNTHETIC. “Discovering .a;; substitute fOr ; gasoline is the most.vital- problem for the application of chemistry to the future,” Is the report 'of a research chemist to the American Chemical Society. This report disclosed the result of investigations showing that the weight of gasoline going into automotive industry is more than 5J times the weight of its nearest competitors—iron and steel. While there is no immediate prospect of a serious gasoline shortage, thepetroleum Resources of the world ..jireinot inexhaustible, and ultimately some other fuel will be needed to supplement or replace petrol. , ■ , Germany is leading the rest of the world in this research, the report states. ' Several' processes for a synthetic motor fuel have already boon devised there, the more important at which are the Bergins, and Fischer processes, both of which use coal, as, the raw jhate/j&l- /
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 February 1928, Page 2
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142PETROL SUPPLIES LOW Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 February 1928, Page 2
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