SOURCES OF ENERGY.
Nb PRACTICAL SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL. London, August 31. The British Association of Chemists, is meeting at Portsmouth. Mr Ramsay in his presidential address, referring to sources of energy, declared that scientific advance in Great Britain was hindered by defective technical education. The country should cultivate the application of trained intelligence to all forms of national activity. < Referring to the exhaustion Of British .coal supplies, ho said they njight look forward to the approach qf a famine and misery. The British Science Guild had investigated tho available sources of energy, and found no practical substitute for coal. They must look to a more economical use prolong its life, and the nation must, adopt legislative measures to prevent waste. The Guild computed that the British coal measures at the present rate of forking would -be exhausted in 175 years.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 1 September 1911, Page 6
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