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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... Drugs and Weapons Covert Operations. His Relationship with Drug Dealer Don Aronow. Prescott Bush, Brown Brothers-Harriman Bank and Financing Hitler's Rise to Power ...
... Drug Use (Cocaine) 373 Troopergate 374 Travelgate 374 Filegate 374 Illegal Fund Raising (Chinagate) 375 Citizenship USA 378 NAFTA and GATT 378 Foreign Policy Mistakes 379 Somalia 379 Rwanda 380 Sudan 381 Bosnia 382 Haiti 386 Oslo Peace ...
... drugs and fraternizing with traveling dancer/prostitutes. In the cities of the east, monopolies were being formed and the common man was subjected to contemptible working conditions. Children of the 1890s grew up fast in the midst of ...
... Drug Act of 1906, under the guise to promote healthy food, whose real objective was to legally eliminate competition. Heinz helped to ensure that the legislation was written in such a manner that his company would already meet these ...
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