Scarcity is the mother of invention

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF 1946 — No. 7 Scarcity is the mother of invention In our private lives we are painfully well accustomed to " making do." Yet some industrialists still think in terms of the fuel they can get instead of how even simple and small adjustments to existing pro- cess plant will lighten the load on boiler plant—and still increase output to the utmost. Productive efficiency, in short, must be based securely on fuel efficiency. More work from less fuel A tall order? Yes, but one that Industry is better equipped and prepared to carry out in Britain than anywhere else in the world.