§ Captain Kerbyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty why the construction of the Type 61 frigate H.M.S. "Coventry" has been abandoned.
INLAND CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY — 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 (Million tons coal equivalent) Coal* … … 214.1 207.7 198.7 186.9 195.6 Oil† … … 38.0 37.2 47.6 56.1 65.6 Natural east† ‡ … … 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.10 (0.1) Hydro-electricity § … … 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 Nuclear electricity§ … … 0.03 0.2 0.15 0.6 1.0 Total … … 253.4 246.6 247.9 245.1 264.0 *After adjustment for coke, etc. exported or put to stock. The figures previously published have been slightly amended. Total inland coal consumption in 1960 was 197–0 million tons. † The coal equivalent of oil and natural gas is taken as 1.7 times its weight. ‡ Mainly methane from coal mines, but includes about 0.02 million tons coal equivalent of imported methane in 1959. The 1960 figure is not yet available, but is expected to be roughly the same as in 1959. § Converted to coal equivalent according to the amount of coal needed to produce electricity at the current efficiency of steam stations. Inland energy requirements in 1961 may be not far short of 270 million tons of coat equivalent, depending on the level of economic activity, weather conditions and other factors, and may rise to about 300 million tons of coal equivalent in the later 1960s. The shares of the various sources of energy will depend on their competitive ability.