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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... Terrorism 351 The Final Jihad 354 Frank Eugene Corder the Kamikaze 355 PSYOPS Operations and Creating a Manchurian Candidate 356 Catastrophes Help Politicians ' Approval Ratings and Galvanize Power 358 19 - Adolphe Legalité 361 ...
... terrorist attacks , an unstable econ- omy and a new Vietnam are those same Americans , who believe that God has blessed America , willing to believe that it is that same God who is now cursing America . Truthfully most religious people ...
... terrorism in this country. The terrorist are usually fundamental Islamic Arabs. Hadad was an Edomite, which is Arab, and specifically of the line of the Palestinians. Isn't it amazing that the terrorists of our day are of the same ...
... terrorist groups used brutal violence to intimidate Republican voters. In Kansas, over 2000 murders were committed in connection with their election. In Georgia, the number of threats and beatings were even higher! And in Louisiana ...
... terrorists that use civilians to shield their activities , yet this was the very thing that Morgan was doing while attempting to get his goods into the Allies hands . American corporations continued to send ships to the Allies . 94 ...