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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... occurred on April 18, 1775 while John Adams and John Hancock were at the home of Rev. Jonas Clarke, the British Maj. Pitcairn, shouted to an assembled regiment of Minutemen “Disperse, ye villains, lay down your arms in the name of ...
... occurred during the Founding of America. Like the Jews in Egypt, the Puritans were living under extreme persecution. “But because Jehovah loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn to your fathers, Jehovah has ...
... occurred largely because massive immigration during this time period brought different religions and there was a paradigm shift in European philosophy that was beginning to make inroads with the intellectual elite in America. It is ...
... occurred earlier that evolved out of Christian principles and came to shape the course of America. The First Great Awakening was a religious movement that began among American colonial Protestants in 1730. This revival began with a ...
... occurred during Rehoboam's reign in the scriptures, let's consider this man from a psychological perspective. Rehoboam was raised in the lap of luxury. He probably had very little of a relationship with his father. He was probably ...