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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... included in this chart Christian orthodox beliefs for comparison).27 When considering this chart along with the immorality of the age, it really becomes amazing that God didn't feel the need to judge this nation harsher than He did in ...
... included creating concentration camps where over 250,000 Cuban women and children had died from Spanish cruelty. Yet even these atrocities paled in comparison to the sensationalized yellow press, where he became known as “the Butcher ...
... included scorched earth campaigns where entire villages were burned and destroyed. Rebels were tortured and civilians were placed into concentration camps. These policies contributed to the large number of civilian casualties resulting ...
... included sending 2,000 troops to China to help the Europeans put down the Boxer Rebellion, then forcing the Chinese to an Open Door policy with the U.S. He also intervened twice in Nicaragua to protect U.S. property interests.60 This ...
... included boxing, tennis, hiking, rowing, hunting, polo, and horseback riding. As President he boxed with sparring partners several times a week until a punch detached his left retina, leaving him blind in that eye. Afterwards he ...