Why peacetime development changes turbine resource constraints

Where would an early turbine program obtain exotic materials and enough skilled engineers?

Peacetime imports, available labor, and scheduled research would ease the constraint substantially, though materials and engineering development would still require sustained funding.

Technical scarcity would be easier to manage than the much harsher allocation problems created by war. In peacetime Britain could order imported materials through several shipping networks without accepting convoy losses or competing with immediate army and air-force demands. High unemployment also left a larger pool of engineers and workers available for a funded industrial program. Research could be scheduled and concentrated rather than repeatedly diverted to urgent repairs and production crises, although the materials would still cost money and require development.