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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... finally, consider how the chariot was used in warfare. It was used as an offensive weapon, not a defensive one. Egypt had begun to use this type of weapon to create an imperialistic empire. The Lord apparently is against this type of ...
... finally, we have China, which was never a Christian nation. And for the most part we see rulers that ruled over that group of people with an iron fist. All three governments became totalitarian dictatorships with evil rulers. Sadly, the ...
... finally he had to appoint more soldiers to quiet any uprisings in the frontiers of his country due to these rebellions, which seems to be insinuated by scriptures with references to Hadad and Rezon. Finally, whose idea was this to ...
... finally to the north. The enemy to the north that I am referring to is Russia. You may find that hard to understand but take out a globe and you will have a much clearer understanding of this concept. In fact in many respects we are ...
... finally, Grant, held to a view of a completely secular state that was different from the former presidents. The secularists, who espouse the separation of church and state, should stop lauding Thomas Jefferson as their leader; since ...