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'''Where the coal-face meets the road''' is a [[catch phrase]] in the [[transdimensional resource extraction]] industry.
'''Where the coal-face meets the road''' is a [[catch phrase]] in the [[transdimensional resource extraction]] industry.


== Origins and consequences ==
The phrase conflates a wide range of [[Coal mine fires (nonfiction)|coal mine fires]] and [[Mountains of burning tires (nonfiction)|mountains of burning tires]], in a variety of road-related environments.


The phrase conflates a wide range of [[coal mine fires (nonfiction)]] and [[burning tires (nonfiction)]].
The origin of the catch phrase has been widely debated.
 
According to [[John Brunner]], the phrase originates during the [[Second World War (nonfiction)]] with secret Australian-American experiments towards [[Weaponization (nonfiction)|weaponizing]] the [[didgeridoo (nonfiction)|didgeridoo]].
 
Brunner stated that the process uses [[diagramaceous soil]].
 
== In the News ==
 
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File:Precursor_to_Mountains.jpg|link=Precursor to Mountains|21 August 2021: '''''[[Precursor to Mountains]]''''' created.
 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Catch phrase]]
* [[Catch phrase]]
* [[Diagramaceous soil]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* ''[[Precursor to Mountains]]''
* [[Transdimensional resource extraction]]
* [[Transdimensional resource extraction]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Didgeridoo (nonfiction)]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo
* [[Resource extraction (nonfiction)]]
* [[Resource extraction (nonfiction)]]
* [[Weaponization (nonfiction)]]


[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Catch phrases]]
[[Category:Catch phrases]]
[[Category:John Brunner]]
[[Category:Transdimensional resource extraction]]
[[Category:Transdimensional resource extraction]]

Latest revision as of 05:37, 21 August 2021

Where the coal-face meets the road is a catch phrase in the transdimensional resource extraction industry.

The phrase conflates a wide range of coal mine fires and mountains of burning tires, in a variety of road-related environments.

The origin of the catch phrase has been widely debated.

According to John Brunner, the phrase originates during the Second World War (nonfiction) with secret Australian-American experiments towards weaponizing the didgeridoo.

Brunner stated that the process uses diagramaceous soil.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference