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Coal and the War
Brehaut, Ernest | September 14, 1918 issue

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The essential fact of modern civilization on its material side is that it is a power civilization. The chief source of power is coal, in comparison with which other power resources are at present of minor importance and will probably for some time so continue. For every task on which it can conveniently be employed coal has a monopoly based on efficiency. It can reach out, carry the raw material to the coal field, and take the product back to the place of origin, all at a cost so low that the local worker cannot possibly compete. A further outcome of coal power should be noted. In a region without modern transportation the weakest resource limits the population.

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COAL; CIVILIZATION; POWER resources; TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION; FUEL
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