LEADER 00000nim a22004815a 4500 003 MWT 005 20210414060950.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 210409s2021 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781666123357 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1666123358 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781666123357_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT14001304 037 14001304|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Black, Edwin. 245 10 Internal combustion|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cEdwin Black. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Media, Inc.,|c2021. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (16hr., 05 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Stephen Hoye. 520 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 finally take action. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Automobiles|xHistory. 650 0 Fossil fuels|xEnvironmental aspects. 650 0 Internal combustion engines|xHistory. 650 0 Petroleum as fuel. 650 0 Power resources. 700 1 Hoye, Stephen. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 14001304?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781666123357_180.jpeg