how corporations and governments addicted the world to oil and derailed the alternatives Black, Edwin 1950- creator text bibliography nyu New York St. Martin's Press 2006 1st ed. monographic eng

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xxiv, 408 pages : illutrations ; 25 cm. 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. Edwin Black. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-396) and index. Internal combustion engines History Motores de combustión interna Historia Petroleum as fuel Petróleo como combustible Automobiles History Automóviles Historia Power resources Recursos energéticos Fossil fuels Environmental aspects Combustibles fósiles Aspectos ambientales TJ 753 B627i 2006 333.8/232 0312359071 9780312359072 2006040627 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2006040627-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006040627-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2006040627-s.html DLC 060503 20240725134516.0 14362829 eng