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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