Phoenix Rising: The Rise and Fall of the American RepublicPhoenix Rising, 2008 - 600 páginas 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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... Attempted Assassinations ______223 Kissinger's SALT I Treaty. Col. Goleniewski, Code Name Bor and Communist Objectives Achieved____________________225 14 - Carter's Malaise ...
... attempting to prove to the reader. Also many times the version of the Bible that I quote uses the word Jehovah for the King James Version of LORD. This was done so that there is no misunderstanding that this particular passage was ...
... attempted coups. Adonijah (Solomon's half brother) and Joab (David's general) were among those who conspired to overthrow his king dom and Shimei (Saul's kinsman who David had displaced) may 17 4- A Prosperous Nation.
... attempts to kill Jeroboam. Jeroboam then flees to Egypt where the Pharaoh is now a man named Shishak. This now leads us to the last foe that God raised up, Shishak the Pharaoh of Egypt. It appears that when the enemies of Solomon flee ...
... attempted to corner the gold market.16 • The Whiskey Ring Scandal of 1875 - The president's private secretary, Orville E. Babcock, was implicated for swindling the government out of millions in liquor taxes. Over $3 million in taxes was ...