Phoenix Rising: The Rise and Fall of the American RepublicPhoenix Rising, 2008 - 600 pages In an age when the supply of gasoline to feed this modern American society has become both more expensive and more scarce questions are being pondered. Inquires like, How can a modern society scale back its dependence on gasoline as a motive source?' Are there genuine alternative power sources?' Are they the answer to a growing crisis?' Recent announcements of hybrids like those from Honda, Toyota, and Ford have really brought attention to this issue. Hybrids that use both gasoline engines and electric motors. Really, though, alternative power sources have been around for as long as the automobile has been. The battle between and among the steam car, the electric and the gas car was fought out in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century. This book explores the ins and outs of that battle. A struggle from which the gasoline car emerged completely victorious. To such an extent that steam cars and electric cars virtually disappeared from the scene for many decades. We will look over all three alternatives, exploring their advantages and disadvantages. We will also look over the obstacles to the steamers and the electrics. Barriers that still exist to a certain extent. Handicaps that caused their disappearance in the first place. |
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... 16 – Bush: The Fox is Guarding the Henhouse. 17 – The Clinton Connections. 18 – Precursors to Persecution ...
... Bush's Ties to the CIA_______________________252 Bush's Co-presidency and Astrology at the White House___________________________________253 Selecting Sandra Day O'Connor ...
... Bush Joins the National Guard 406 Bush Goes to Harvard Business School 407 Bush Returns to Midland 409 GW Becomes a Christian? 410 Business as Usual 412 GW Becomes Governor of Texas 414 GW's Dallas Church 416 Bush Becomes President 417 ...
... Bush's ties, his rival in the Republican primaries. Bush attempted to distance himself from the CFR by resigning from the Board of Directors and the Trilateral Commission prior to his campaign.2 But the conservative members of the ...
... Bush get the [vicepresidential] nomination.”9 After this moment the two opposing Reagan and Bush camps merged. So, how in the world could one man swing a presidential campaign in a free democratic society to one candidate or the other ...