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GOAL is the foundation of Great Britain‘s power of survival, and the gas industry is one of the instruments which the people of this country have created to use coal to the best advantage. In other lands oil and water power may take the place of coal, but Britain has neither oil nor any substantial quantity of potential water power. The liberation of energy by the fission of certain kinds of atomic nuclei has led to a great deal of speculation, but in the present state of knowledge we have no warrant to assume that this achievement represents unlimited supplies of exceedingly cheap power. Coal is likely to remain the staple fuel of Britain for very many years to come, and it is a matter of gratification to observe that during the last decade the nation has come to realize the importance of conserving its coal resources.
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EVANS, E. The Gas Industry in Britain. Nature 161, 832–833 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161832a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161832a0