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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... build. “The people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” - William Penn1 “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” -President James ...
... of Tyre to provide the labor and materials for the temple in exchange for agricultural goods. (1Ki 5:6-12) We also take notice of the first mention of a tax because of this building project and others, 19 Chapter 4 - A Prosperous Nation.
... building project and others, “Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel” (1Ki 5:13) because these massive public works programs required oversight Solomon had, “thirtythree hundred, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.” (1Ki ...
... building the nation's defenses. “And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at ...
... building projects for idolatrous temples. These women were powerful ambassadors from their countries so if Solomon didn't permit their free worship, the disdain from this action could have placed his national alliances in a rather ...