Word: jamison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economic hurdles faced by the steam people, however are nearly insurmountable. Detroit hangs on tenaciously to its monopoly on the automobile, and because of the nature of the American economy it is difficult for anyone to compete. Jamison documents the competitive attempts of modern steam car builders from the backyard "kooks" who build cars in their homes as hobbies to the efforts of William P. Lear, a self-made multimillionaire who has taken on steam car production as a personal crusade...
...automotive industry remains strongly resistant to any tampering with its domain. In Congressional hearings it has testified that anti-pollution devices on gasoline cars will make automobiles pollution-free. Jamison points out, however, that such devices wear out quickly and that motorists desiring a more efficient car are tempted to remove them. Some automobile companies have investigated steam cars. but in most cases those investigations were half-hearted or were abandoned as economically unfeasible. Detroit is making money with the gasoline car and is unwilling to abandon...
...main ingredient missing from the fight against the internal combustion engine, according to Jamison, is a large public outcry, a refusal to buy the polluting cars, and a demand for a pollution-free automobile. Only an aware public, applying economic pressure on Detroit. will be able to break its financial stranglehold on transportation...
...Jamison's book is an attempt to align the public behind the steam peoples efforts to replace the automobile. It is a well-documented, easy-to-read analysis. Comprehensive and scientific, it still manages to explain to the reader what problems antipollution efforts face, and what the layman can do about...
...pollution, perhaps the most important factor missing is constructive alter-natives to the present way of life. Short of a revolution, there seems little that Americans can do to influence their environment. All the cards are held by the large corporations. By providing an answer to air pollution. Jamison's book offers the public an outlet for its frustration...