§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the use of coal-produced methane gas is being considered on practical lines.
Major Lloyd GeorgeEvery known existing source of methane has been examined on merits, but in very few cases does the quantity available justify the expenditure during war-time of the labour and material necessary to bring it into use. An experimental boring is now in progress to ascertain if methane can be produced in quantity from coal seams.