Talk by W. R. Hawthorne
Despite an appreciable increase both in coal production and in fuel efficiency since the war, the fuel problem seems no nearer to a solution. Moreover, the experts are confident that the shortage will continue.
W. R. Hawthorne, Professor of Applied Thermodynamics in the University of Cambridge, considers .the reasons for this discouraging situation and points to some of the black spots in the pattern of fuel use.