Coal Reserves (Hansard, 13 January 1975)

§ Mr. Eadie

The distinction must be made between physical reserves and those which are economically workable at any particular time. Fully and partly proved reserves of coal currently economically

			Coal	Petroleum	Natural gas^*	Nuclear electricity	Hydro electricity	Total
1946	…	…	186.3	13.7	—	—	0.8	200.8
1947	…	…	184.5	18.0	—	—	0.7	203.2
1948	…	…	193.9	18.7	—	—	0.9	213.5
1949	…	…	195.8	19.9	—	—	0.8	216.5
1950	…	…	202.6	22.2	—	—	0.9	225.7
1951	…	…	207.8	24.8	—	—	1.0	233.6
1952	…	…	206.8	25.7	—	—	1.0	233.5
1953	…	…	207.8	27.8	—	—	1.0	236.6
1954	…	…	213.8	30.9	—	—	1.3	246.0
1955	…	…	215.2	34.5	—	—	1.0	250.7
1956	…	…	217.5	37.5	—	—	1.3	256.3
1957	…	…	212.9	36.7	—	0.2	1.5	251.3
1958	…	…	202.4	47.2	0.1	0.1	1.5	251.3
1959	…	…	189.4	56.1	0.1	0.5	1.5	247.6
1960	…	…	196.7	65.5	0.1	0.9	1.7	264.9
1961	…	…	191.8	71.0	0.1	1.1	2.1	266.1
1962	…	…	191.2	78.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	273.5
1963	…	…	194.0	85.3	0.2	2.5	1.8	283.8
1964	…	…	187.2	93.3	0.3	3.2	1.9	285.9
1965	…	…	184.6	102.8	1.2	6.0	2.3	296.9
1966	…	…	174.7	111.7	1.1	7.8	2.4	297.7
1967	…	…	163.8	119.3	1.9	8.9	2.7	296.6
1968	…	…	164.5	125.9	4.3	10.1	2.2	307.0
1969	…	…	161.1	135.7	8.4	10.5	2.0	317.7
1970	…	…	154.4	145.6	16.0	9.4	2.6	328.0
1971	…	…	138.7	147.3	25.8	9.7	1.8	323.3
1972	…	…	120.9	157.6	36.7	10.5	2.0	327.7
1973	…	…	131.3	159.4	39.7	9.9	2.0	342.3
1974 (January to October)	…	…	92.2	119.5	37.5	9.7	1.6	26.05
^* Including colliery methane.