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Control number:
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ocm86110050
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ISBN:
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9780446580045
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ISBN:
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044658004X
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Local control number:
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(OCoLC)86110050
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Author:
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Carson, Iain.
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Title:
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Zoom : the global race to fuel the car of the future / Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran.
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Edition:
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1st ed.
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Imprint:
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New York : Twelve, 2007.
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Physical description:
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viii, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
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The terrible twins : cars and oil wrote the history of twentieth-century American capitalism -- Down and out in Detroit : how the car industry, the icon of American greatness in the last century, lost its way -- Big oil in big trouble : the world is not running out of oil, but America's oil giants are in trouble even so -- The parable of the Prius : how Toyota's culture propelled the once-provincial carmaker past GM to number one -- The axis of oil : oil's geopolitical complications arise from America's bipartisan addiction to oil -- 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? -- Crouching tiger, leaping dragon : Asia's rise could save, rather than destroy, the planet -- The juice and the jalopy : the same anarchic, amazing forces that brought us the Internet and telecom revolutions are now racing to develop the clean fuels and smart cars of tomorrow -- A call to arms : a grass-roots movement sweeping across America promises to overturn Washington's oil curse--and level the playing field for clean energy and the car of the future.
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Held by:
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NYSL
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Subject:
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Automobile industry and trade--Forecasting.
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Subject:
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Automobiles--Research.
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Subject:
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Alternative fuel vehicles.
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Subject:
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Automobiles--Technological innovations.
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Subject:
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Power resources.
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Subject:
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Automobile industry and trade--United States--History.
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Added entry:
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Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V., 1969-
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Electronic access:
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Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007011373.html
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Electronic access:
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Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0731/2007011373-d.html
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Electronic access:
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007011373-b.html
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Call number:
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338.47629 C321 208-2960
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