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 5i times the weight of its nearest competitors—iron and steel. While there is no immediate prospect of a serious gasoline shortage, the petroleum resources of the world are not 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 s&port states. Several processes for a synthetic motor fuel have already been devised there, the more important of which are the Bergins and Fischer processes, both of which use coal as the raw material. „ •
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6541, 24 February 1928, Page 10
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145PETROL SUPPLIES LOW Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6541, 24 February 1928, Page 10
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