Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
PROBLEM OF WORLDS FUEL
EVOKES WORLD CONGRESS
Prodigal Use of Seemingly Limitless
Supplies and Means of Conservation
to Be Discussed i'm London i'm Fall.

, of fuel II is a matter for the whole
| world. =.
consequently. the whole world--at
least the most important part or 1t
| is getting together to consider the rue
nroblem at an international conference
/ in london from September "a to Octo-
her There will be 10 delegates from
/ the United States. -,
/ THE conference will be concerned pri-
MARTY with possibilities for increased
efficiency and economy IN the use OF
| fuels. This is an increasingly important
consideration for engineers. Utilization
of fuel In the past has been waSteIui
because the users didn't unoerStano
the vital necessity for saving, Inc amer
lean delegates are DR.. Gustav Eglon.
petroleum. technologist: II. w. Brooks of
he American Society of Mechanical En-
cineers and the International Railway
fuel Association; o. P. Hood, F. G,
Trvon of the u S. Bureau of Mines.
Martin Frisch and Henry Kreisinger OF
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, H. G. Cooper
of the American Gas Association. H.
w, Derry of the National Electric Light
Association, @. A. Orrock of the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engineers
and David B. Rushmore of the Gen.
eral Electric Co. Arrangements for the
American participation are in charge
of Q. C. Merrill. secretary Of the Fed
eral Power Commission.
The American delegates will present
papers on such subjects as substitutes
Tor anthracite, production of oil from
shale, oil cracking. domestic heating
by means of Solid fuel. oil, gas ana
electricity. waste heat recovery. and util-
II Al tote fnr ir,CttcfFfol haaf Z.
ing.
Thrift Will Help.
Utilization of all opportunities for
economy. it is felt, will uefer for long
time the day of fuel bankruptcy ana
may be able TO stave 1t of Indefinitely.
Meanwhile delegates from other ma
lions, besides giving their own economy
ideas. will report on the new discov-
cries of fuel deposits and their probable
magnitude.
on the whole. it is likely, the tone
of the world conference will be hope
full. for the possibility of fuel exhaus-
ton has been realized before 1t is too
late and adequate steps are being taken
to alter and improve the diet of Civili-
zation's tame giant, Industry, before 1t
eats its master out of house and home.
All civilized nations now are agreed
that the use of fuel cannot be unre-
stricted. 1t constantly must be watch
ed and studied or the world some day
will find itself In desperate predica-
ment Even the discovery of new and
enormous supplies would not take the
place of sensible economy. without
regulation they simply would be invi-
tations to the giant to gorge himself
Fnr q -four without Qfdin1 n.
terially the prospects of the race
But with the best scientific minds
turning their attention to the problem
of making the same amount of coal or
oil turn two wheels instead of one the
promise for the future can be opti-
mistic. Fuel. carefully conserved. may
last as long as there is any need for it.
The back smoke from chimneys of
factories where fuel Is heedlessly wasted
is the handwriting of Ruin and Death
on the walls of Civilizations house.