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Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives by Edwin Black (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312359071
ISBN-139780312359072
eBay Product ID (ePID)57162668
Product Key Features
Book TitleInternal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicAutomotive / History, Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, Modern / General, Government & Business, Power Resources / General, Automotive
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
AuthorEdwin Black
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight3.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-040627
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal333.8232
Synopsis"Internal Combustion" is the compelling tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected the U.S. and the world to an oil addiction that could have been avoided, that was never necessary, and that could be ended not in ten years, not in five years, but today. Edwin Black, award-winning author of "IBM and the Holocaust", has mined scores of corporate and governmental archives to assemble thousands of previously uncovered and long-forgotten documents and studies into this dramatic story. Black traces a continuum of rapacious energy cartels and special interests dating back nearly 5,000 years, from wood to coal to oil, and then to the bicycle and electric battery cartels of the 1890s, which created thousands of electric vehicles that plied American streets a century ago. But those noiseless and clean cars were scuttled by petroleum interests, despite the little-known efforts of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford to mass-produce electric cars powered by personal backyard energy stations. Black also documents how General Motors criminally conspired to undermine mass transit in dozens of cities and how Big Oil, Big Corn, and Big Coal have subverted synthetic fuels and other alternatives. He then brings the story full-circle to the present day oil crises, global warming and beyond. Black showcases overlooked compressed-gas, electric and hydrogen cars on the market today, as well as inexpensive all-function home energy units that could eliminate much oil usage. His eye-opening call for a Manhattan Project for immediate energy independence will help energize society to finallytake action. "Internal Combustion", and its interactive website www.internalcombustionbook.com, will generate a much-needed national debate at a crucial time. It should be read by every citizen who consumes oil -- everyone. "Internal Combustion" can change everything, not by reinventing the wheel, but by excavating it from where it was buried a century ago., An award-winning "New York Times" bestselling journalist offers his take on how the world got hooked on oil and how the habit can be kicked today., 'Internal Combustion' is the compelling tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected the US and the world to an oil addiction that could have been avoided, and that was never necessary.
LC Classification NumberTJ753.B53 2006
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- Jun 20, 2017
There is good information and like Ford Thomas Edison rebuilding an electric car 1914 with iron nickel batteries that Edison invented
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