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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... June 1, 1774, when British ships began their first blockade of Boston Harbor, Washington recorded that he “went to church and fasted all Day” seeking God's protection for the colonies.3 Another time Washington was trapped at Trenton and ...
... June of 1897, within two months of being appointed Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt gave a rousing speech at the Naval War College calling America to arms that caused a nationwide sensation.31 Later that same month, while the president ...
... June 1961, in a case called Torcaso v. Watkins, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that: “Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism ...
... June 2001 the Laskar Jihad declared Jihad against Christians. Muslim citizens are recruited by the thousands to exterminate Christians.158 About 10,000 people have been killed and 600,000 displaced from their homes.159 • Saudi Arabia ...
... June 1939, although he had been repeatedly appealed to. FDR avoided the Rabbi pilgrimage to Washington on the issue of saving Jews in October 1943. He opposed the opening of refugee camps in North Africa for the Jews. He wrote the State ...