All Posts Tagged With: "horse power"
Thank You, Internal-Combustion Engine, for Cleaning up the Environment
The internal-combustion engine is widely believed to have been an environmental disaster. It has been accused of harming our health by reducing air quality and contributing to what is currently claimed to be the most threatening of all environmental problems, global warming. But long before carbon dioxide was declared a major pollutant, a car was [...]
1Oct2007 | Dwight R. Lee | 9 comments | ContinuedThe Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894
We commonly read or hear reports to the effect that “If trend X continues, the result will be disaster.” The subject can be almost anything, but the pattern of these stories is identical. These reports take a current trend and extrapolate it into the future as the basis for their gloomy prognostications. The conclusion is, [...]
1Sep2004 | Stephen Davies | 78 comments | Continued-
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