2118.     ---------------.  [LINZ, B. F.]  Fuels Investigation.  Oil Gas Jour., vol. 49, No. 45, 1951, pp. 46-47.

        Senate Interior Affairs Committee began its investigation of the present and future fuel situation last week with a discussion of all energy resources.  It was believed that the reserves of coal and oil would be enough to last for many years at the present rate of consumption.  It was agreed that research on synthetic liquid fuels should be vigorously prosecuted but that no commercial plants should be built until production is economically feasible.  The forecast was made that when synthetic fuels come into the picture the network of oil and natural-gas pipe lines now spreading over the country will provide a ready-made transportation system for the new fuels.

        LIPKA, H.  See abs. 2479.