The Brunswick news., 1921-12-04
WASTED ENERGY.

Scientists have discovered that
| ninety per cent of the coal burned is
| wasted. A chemist will take lump
of coal and produce from it heat, tar,
| gas, amonia, carbolic acid, benzine,
| synthetic sugar, high explosives, dyes,
and long list of chemicals. When
you shovel that coal into your furnace
| you lose four-ffths of the heat up the
] chimney and all the chemicals and
| ether products that the chemist takes
from it. The railroads have consumed
a large percentage Of the fuel in de-
livering it to you and have added an
! enormous percentage to it's selling
| p-ice, says the Valdosta Times.
! Future generations will need por-
ton of the coal which we are wasting
with so little thought for these who
are to come after us.
Right here is an opportunity for
economy. All about us there are ep-
portunities for economy. The rivers
are flowing on to the sea with little
heed paid to the power light and heat
that might be developed if they were
| properly harnessed to deyelop the en-
ergy that they possess. To. be sure
many rivers have been made to pro-
duce power at convenient places for
the building Of dams; but there are
lcng stretches of flowing water that
yield no energy for the benefit of man,
and all of which might be utilized by
proper methods Of power develop
rent.
The waves Of the ocean are pound
| ing againstSAbur shores wasting their
tremendous energy in fruitless ham
mering upon rock-boupd coasts, or in
wearing away the sandy shores. The
tides are rising and falling twice in
twenty-four hours and developing lit
tie energy for the benefit of mankind
! The heat of the sun is saorching mil
lions Of square miles of the earth's
surface and wasting its energy in des-
clating what might be fruitful sec
lions. With proper mechanism mucl
fof this wasted heat might be. collect
ed and developed into energy that
would be beneficial to human kind.
The winds are blowing hot and cold
fast and furious, all over the world
and in them are untold billions of
horsepower that could be converted to-
power for heat, light and manufac
turing purposes.
Our forests are being cut off at an
alarming rate for converion into pa.
per, and future generations will be
forced to use other building material
than wood in the construction of
| dwellings and for the purpoes for
! which wood Is used. and all this while
wood is used, and all this while the
great corn belt OF the Middle West
| annually produces raw materials from
which sufficient paper can be made t.
supply every demand OF the country
end that N erial is nothing more or
less than corn stalks. Not only will
the corn stalks furnish the nations
paper supply but in their manufacture
into pulp and paper the by-produci
OF alcohol will pay the cost OF produc
tion and afford relief for the alread,
over.taxed all wells: for the alcoho
thus produced is a better fuel for ener
gizing automobiles than the gasoline
chat is being so rapidly consumed.
The smoke and gases that ESCAPE
from the chimneys OF every manufac
turing plant are worth a fortune {,
those who win utilize them. and tn,
time viii come when they viii serve
purpose now little realized.
The garbage that is annually emf
tied upon the city dumps viii in IL
ture ages be converted into man,
things useful 10 man.
The sewers are carrying away bi.
lions of dollars worth OF valuable
chemicals. fertilizer and economic
abilities. while the soil OF America il
suffering for the restorative element,
thus wasted.
There seems 10 be no limit to man.
wastefulness, and there are opportuE
tiles everywhere for the chemist an
the economist to reap unlimited for
tunes in redeeming the energy that 1
aow being wasted.