SOURCES OF ENERGY
BRITAIN'S COAL SUPPLY.
APPROACHING EXHAUSTION
(Received Last Night, 9.25 o'clock)
LONDON, August 31
At a meeting of tihe British Association at Portsmouth, Mr C. Ramsay, in his Presidential address, speaking of the sources of energy, declared that scientific advance in Britain was hindered by defective technical'education. The country should, he said, cultivate the application of trained intelligence to all forms of national activity. Referring to the exhaustion of the British coal supplies, he said that they might look forward to the approaching famine and misery. The British Science Guild had investigated the available sources of energy, and found that there was.no practical substitute for coal. They must look to a more economical u6e of coal, and prolong its life, and the nation must adopt legislative measures to prevent waste. It computes that British coal measures, at the present rate of working, .will be exhausted in one hundred and sev-enty-five years.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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153SOURCES OF ENERGY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 5
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