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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... things that we know about Solomon's kingdom. The domestication of the Arabian camel from the twelfth century BC onward brought with it a tremendous increase in nomadic mobility. Taking full advantage of peculiarly favorable conditions ...
... thing about sin is that many times it leads to greater sin. This happens because people become seared in their ... things into consideration. So it may be that he partially justified the abomination of setting up idols under the ...
... things occurring at this time period in the U.S. that it makes it very hard to point to just one over-riding issue ... thing he began to do was to build temples of worship. The infrastructure for this de- velopment was already in ...
... things such as honor of men, pride and materialism. These things are also referred to as “treasures on earth” (Mat 6:19), but the Messiah calls us to lay up treasures of righteousness in our hearts through submission to him as our King ...
... things that God said would happen came to fruition. And yet, here we have Solomon being told that the kingdom will no longer belong to his sons, (that is except two tribes). Solomon just doesn't seem to even care at this point. He is ...