The opinion thgt the production of petrol from coal is at present an experiment and not an economic proposition is held by Mr. F. W. J. Belton, engineer to the Christchurch Gas Company, who addressed the conference of .the Gas Institute of New Zealand the .other day. “At present the production of petrol in England by the. hydrogenation of coal is just a £5,000,000 experiment, and there are a lot of snags to be got over' yet," he said. “Even the hydrogenation of creosote or tar is not a simple matter, and as for the economic side of it, the less said the better. 'However, the gas industry has benefited by it, as the price of creosote has risen from 2Jd. to 6d. a gallon In England.”
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 117, 11 February 1936, Page 6
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