htwXd .ti.n Mcnre2k .-,

AN A})})ROAOH TO ATOb(;XC li)OWII]R COST BY }vCXTI
MSwwvepm)mmua-ptb--ritpa -st fiptonmuntbl
che coalp o'leetric powc'r,p and oil i.ndustnies are faeed wl th the neeessi.ty
of playing thstr part .in the rehabilitf?,tion of thei]r econonic $erue,ture
and. the stabftlizat.ion of thex'r existenee" TMs vitaZ and difSicuZt task
gives rise- eo many kindi$ of probXems. This fcfict is moxee evidsnt eoday
than in pz'e-wax' days. Bii"b onZy in .vecent yea.rs has the need Åíor an
over--aZl poZiey to eoord.lna'te the d,ifÅíerL.nt interests of the energy
industrles mad,e itseXÅí fele. SeveraZ fae'tor$ in this sttuation arG sumlsmarized
be- low.
The demand for energy has inereased east in keev)ing wlth the rapi.d groiArth
of the eeonornys but the limitad sup,pXy of domestsie eno.rgy sottgeee•s sueh
as hy(iLro-powez'e coal thmd other ÅíosstM .futeXs has ked to greatex, depend,enee
on imported oiZs -to meowt the gyowing need, Enengy suppZie.c, have come to
depend very heav.ily on impo)rted fuasv-ls.
The efÅíeelive deveXopmGnt of oU in various parts o:f the wox.ICIp p]-us "the
reduction of 'tankea7 fredghtc", have reduced the cosin oÅí oil supp]Hiesp with
the resulic thaÅí throughout the worl-d eheye is,a vrider dependienee of pil
fueXs. Japan is no excepi)ion 'ico this 'tst.".ndency, The foZ.lowing tabZe
shows reeent trends ,i.n t,he ehanging eogsts of hedi" vy oal and eoal for eXectrie
power, w.ltk G.mportant eÅíÅíect in G-nergy probZo.mse
The rnerit da,fferential btsvtwe,en the two is said bo be 859os and if this
is taken in"to eonsider'al",ions (velL'uLes ax'e, indieated by the figuyes im
braÅëkel)s) -•- the diÅífere.nee is even greahejre
'I]abZe I. aost, I)iff"eir(mtiaZs oj? },IGawy OSTza and CoaZs
im teur'mas oÅí Z Sen (w O.OZ Yen)/ZsOOO kcal
Heavy OiZ
Year. X9.55 Z956 1957 195g Z959 Z960 196'Å}
• X03 l.ll 87 8.3 76 67
• (57)
C.O.aiyse.XhF,latgliYO gi g3 xo3 gs o,3 gg 8s
At presents ichermaZ p.owex' genereeion. is the mosic extx"avaga: t eon$umeur
Of coal in thig, couninry, buic if the eu'rrant tend.eney to ineweased di,epenctenCe
on heavy oil spre,ads iJo olher field$ otir eoal eonsurnpticn, andi con-
Version fyom eoaX to oil proeeeds ehere as fast as in power generec:tionp
6-t wiXl be imctr7Easingly d,ifficult, to steb-iZize dernand .foa7 eoaXs and the
FeMous , soÅëia.1 p3fo'blem of tznGmployment wi.U loom larg.e 'in t,he coai.
andustxey.
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