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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... July 4th, only John Hancock signed the document. The other signers didn't sign the document until August 2nd, 1776. However, the copies of the documents used for public display were ones in which there were only two signatures; John ...
... July 4th before you can start saving one penny for yourself, or 50.4% of your earnings.6 Finally the tax code has become so complicated that even Senator John Kerry erred on his tax return, prepared by lawyers and accountants. For ...
... July 30, a similar outbreak of violence erupted in New Orleans. This time, a white mob attacked the attendees of a black suffrage convention, killing 37 blacks and 3 whites who supported their cause. Across the South, the Klan and other ...
... July 3rd the Spanish fleet in Cuba was completely destroyed. Ground troops began fighting in Puerto Rico and Cuba on July 1st and Spain surrendered by August 12, 1898.36 In four months of battle America had lost a total of 460 soldiers ...
... July 4, 1902, TR publicly declared that the Philippine Insurrection was over despite the fact that the hostilities continued for eleven more years.i The U.S.-Pilipino engagement represented the greatest of hypocrisies. The propaganda ...