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							   ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
ZOOM takes listeners inside the global race to build the car of the future, as pioneers
in Japan, India, China, and the United States tackle the challenge of creating
automobiles that will run on cleaner energy sources. The authors write that "Oil is the
problem. Cars are the solution." We are living in the midst of a Great Awakening in
which environmentalists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders are forming new
alliances to end our addiction to oil and create new technologies. The days of Big Oil
and Big Auto are numbered, according to the authors, who show how we are in the
midst of a major transformation from carbon-based energy sources to new fuels and
technologies. ZOOM traces the history of the linked industries of oil and automobiles,
and how the two have shaped domestic capitalism and the international landscape,
creating both progress and peril. They explain how Toyota vanquished American
competitors to become the world's largest automobile manufacturer and, more
importantly, a leader in hybrid cars using electric power. They take us into the
boardrooms of oil executives and show how some are boldly exploring new energy
sources while others deny the dangers posed by oil, and risk extinction. With
wide-ranging analysis and a keen view of the key players in the intersecting worlds of
energy and automobiles, authors Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran tell the story of
what may be the most important challenge facing the industrial world: how to make
the transition from the Age of Petroleum to a cleaner and better future.
ISBN: 9781600240607
Author: Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Reader: Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Audiobook length: 3 hours and 4 min.
Category: History > 20th Century | Nonfiction > World Affairs | Science & Technology > Technology




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