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245 10 a| Internal combustion :b| how corporations and governments addicted the world to oil and derailed the alternatives /c| Edwin Black.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| St. Martin's Press,c| 2006.;

300 a| xxiv, 408 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-396) and index.;

505 0 a| 1. The plan against oil -- 2. Power struggle -- 3. Metals and monopolies -- 4. Stench and scandal -- 5. Batteries and bicycles -- 6. The Selden strategy -- 7. Defiance -- 8. 1914 : the end of the beginning -- 9. Derailed -- 10. The GM conspiracy -- 11. Manhattan now -- 12. Hydrogen solution.;

520 a| The tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected 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. Investigative journalist Black mined corporate and governmental archives to assemble thousands of previously undiscovered documents and studies into this dramatic story. He traces a continuum of rapacious energy cartels and special interests dating back from wood to coal to oil, 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. Black also documents how General Motors 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.--From publisher description.;

650 0 a| Internal combustion enginesx| History.=| ^A16147;

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650 0 a| Automobilesx| History.=| ^A33121;

650 0 a| Power resources.=| ^A2448;

650 0 a| Fossil fuelsx| Environmental aspects.=| ^A114903;

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Internal combustion how corporations and governments addicted the world to oil and derailed the alternatives / Edwin Black.

Author/creator	Black, Edwin
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006.
Description	xxiv, 408 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Internal combustion engines--History. Petroleum as fuel. Automobiles--History. Power resources. Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects.

Contents	1. The plan against oil -- 2. Power struggle -- 3. Metals and monopolies -- 4. Stench and scandal -- 5. Batteries and bicycles -- 6. The Selden strategy -- 7. Defiance -- 8. 1914 : the end of the beginning -- 9. Derailed -- 10. The GM conspiracy -- 11. Manhattan now -- 12. Hydrogen solution.
Abstract	The tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected 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. Investigative journalist Black mined corporate and governmental archives to assemble thousands of previously undiscovered documents and studies into this dramatic story. He traces a continuum of rapacious energy cartels and special interests dating back from wood to coal to oil, 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. Black also documents how General Motors 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.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-396) and index.
LCCN	2006040627
ISBN	0312359071
ISBN	9780312359072

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