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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... cause of terrible crimes against humanity. Crimes in the name of religion include the Crusades, the Inquisition, the ... caused the unbeliever to blaspheme God. But this is exactly what the bible says will happen when we add to or take ...
... cause of these crimes. The next step in the logical process is to conclude that Christianity has not had a positive ... caused Absalom to seek vengeance and two years later, through plot and conspiracy Absalom murdered his half brother ...
... cause of the civil war in Israel according to God was this treatment of Uriah the Hittite (2Sa 12:10) and the root cause of the American Civil War the treatment of our Uriah the Hittite - the black slave. And once these slaves were ...
... cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not ...
... caused the war. And in many ways those divisions became even more profound after the war. The academic elite were ... cause of many of the problems between man and government. Yale, Harvard, Princeton and other institutions of higher ...