02971cam a22005174a 4500 14362829 BJBSDDR 20240725134516.0 ta 060503s2006 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 2006040627 GBA667997 bnb 013526902 Uk 0312359071 9780312359072 (OCoLC)ocm69021042 DLC DLC BAKER UKM C#P DLC eng eng pcc TJ 753 B627i 2006 333.8/232 Black, Edwin, 1950- 37443 Internal combustion : how corporations and governments addicted the world to oil and derailed the alternatives / Edwin Black. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006. xxiv, 408 pages : illutrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-396) and index. 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. Internal combustion engines History. Motores de combustión interna Historia 37557 Petroleum as fuel. Petróleo como combustible 7064 Automobiles History. Automóviles Historia 9918 Power resources. Recursos energéticos 1452 Fossil fuels Environmental aspects. Combustibles fósiles Aspectos ambientales 37559 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2006040627-s.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK sba 121683 121683 0 0 lcc 0 0 CT BJB BJB HU 2024-07-22 0 TJ 753 B627i 2006 00000177528 2024-07-22 00:00:00 1 2024-07-22 BK