Those two simple sentences by authors lain Carson and Vijay V.Vaitheeswaran define the scope of this illuminating, importantbook.
We are living in the midst of a Great Awakening. People are seeking environmentally sound alternatives to Detroit's gas guz-zlers. Oil companies, despite their billion-dollar profits, could be on the brink of extinction if they don't adapt.
Introduction: THE GREAT AWAKENING
Oil is the problem; cars are tbe solution
PART I HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Chapter One: The Terrible Twins
Cars and oil wrote tbe bistory of
twentietb-century American capitalism
Chapter Two: Down and Out in Detroit
How the car industry, tbe icon of Ameri-
can greatness in the last century, lost its
way
Chapter Three: Big Oil in Big Trouble
The world is not running out of oil, but
America's oil giants are in trouble even sc
PART II CAN DINOSAURS DANCE?
Chapter Four: The Parable of the Prius
How Toyota's culture propelled tbe
once-provincial carmaker past G M to
number one
Chapter Five: The Axis of Oil
Oil's geopolitical complications arise from
America's bipartisan addiction to oil
Chapter Six: The Slumbering Giant Awakes
The Great Awakening of America to
the dangers of oil addiction and global
warming is pushing corporations to
act--but can big business really solve the
problem?
PART III MANIFOLD DESTINY
Chapter Seven: Crouching Tiger, Leaping
Dragon
Asia's rise could save, rather than
destroy, the planet
Chapter Eight:. The Juice and the Jalopy
The same anarchic, amazing forces that
brought us the Internet and telecom revo-
lutions are now racing to develop the clean
fuels and smart cars of tomorrow
Chapter Nine: A Call to Arms
A grassroots movement sweeping across
America promises to overturn Washing-
ton's Oil Curse--and level the playing field
for clean energy and the car of the future
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