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ON March 26 Dr. E. W. Smith, director-general of gas supply, Board of Trade, addressed the Fuel Luncheon Club of London, choosing as his subject the question: “What do we want?” By “We” he meant the British community as a whole and not the interests of some particular industry or individual. He suggested that fuel, heat and power supply is more important than any other future concern of the Government, evai than agriculture. Unrestricted competition, he said, should be abolished. The utilization of coal has led to our growth of industry and population, but the advantages so gained cannot continue indefinitely, and possibly not for long. To raise coal and sell it abroad at a loss is folly. To do the same with competitive fuels at home is equally foolish.
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Development of Fuel Research. Nature 149, 466 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149466a0
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