Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Subverted the Alternatives (Audiobook)

from raymond_and_sarah

Drawing on 58 pages of references and sources, including the court proceedings in United States vs National City Lines, this book is both an excellent survey of the shameful catalog of failings in motive power in the last century, and an authoritative deeper resource. In Black's chapter on the GM...

from 3wheeledlibrarian

The early history of automobiles was interesting, but then he jumps around a bit, first visiting the destruction of the electrical rail lines in the midwest, and then chronicling the torpedoing of the street car industry by GM. The last two chapters are a polemic. He's interested in Hydrogen power.

from 3wheeledlibrarian

The early history of automobiles was interesting, but then he jumps around a bit, first visiting the destruction of the electrical rail lines in the midwest, and then chronicling the torpedoing of the street car industry by GM. The last two chapters are a polemic. He's interested in Hydrogen power.

from carterchristian1

A truly eyeopening book. Who would have thought ? Well written. A great contribution to not only American automative history but general American history. A "what if" tale.

from carterchristian1

A truly eyeopening book. Who would have thought ? Well written. A great contribution to not only American automative history but general American history. A "what if" tale.