Abstract
THE assessment of the power resources of the world presents formidable difficulties, if only on account of gaps in precise figures from many countries. The lack of a standard method of investigation and a common basis of evaluation are other drawbacks to reaching satisfactory conclusions. In this volume, however, an attempt has been made, and apparently with considerable success, to assess the world's power resources in coal, oil, and water. Inexhaustible sources of power, such as wind, tide, and solar energy, and also timber, do not come under review. Their use depends partly on inventions and, in the case of timber, on man's will to increase the supplies. The book concludes with a chapter on world power production on a common basis, and a lengthy bibliography covering works published since 1924 on power resources.
Power Resources of the World (Potential and Developed).
Compiled by Hugh Quigley for International Executive Council, World Power Conference. Pp. xii + 170. (London: World Power Conference, 1929.) 21s.
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Power Resources of the World (Potential and Developed) . Nature 124, 573 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124573d0
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