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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 67
... Christians in the Holocaust and Continued Persecution. Crypto-Eugenics and the Voluntary Unconscious Selection of the Dysgenic Races. FDR's Anti-Semitism ...
... continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine ...
... continued to become more sinful with each generation. We will still find many of the similarities with ancient Israel. However, because the nature of punishing disobedience requires a father to consider many variables when requiting ...
... continued to drink distilled liquor, which he supplemented with smoking such a huge numbers of cigars that it was said that he smoked over 10,000 in five years. This habit more then likely contributed to his throat cancer 40 Chapter 6 ...
... continued to negotiate a peace treaty with Spain, who also wanted no part of a war with the U.S. But the war over public opinion was being fought in the press, and the newspapers were showing no leniency towards Spain. Meanwhile, in ...