ELECTRIC POWER.
JPEEP INTO THE FUTURE. At the Science Congress at Palmerston North this week, Mr. L. Birk touch-' ed upon the subject of electric power with regard to the future. The Government. proposals, he said, provide for one horse-power to each five head of the population; say 240,000-h.p. for the whole Dominion. The normal coal consumption of the Dominion is about 2.560,000 tons per year, and the possible saving in coal consumption, averaging both city and country users at about 10 to 12 tons of coal per horsepower per year, is thus approximately the total amount of the present consumption of the Dominion. Of course, a large consumption must still be required for gas generating, bunkering and main line railways, but, on the other hand, the electric supply will be largely required for new houses and new industries, and will also be used to replace candles, kerosene, petrol, and mainly firewood, as well as coal: leaving a fairly large demand for coal even when the’full 240,000 horsepower is available from hydro-electric sources.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1921, Page 4
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173ELECTRIC POWER. Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1921, Page 4
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