Motorized Obsessions: Life, Liberty, and the Small-Bore Engine
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801886414 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Unique and informative A small book loaded with information This is a must purchase for all libraries. Highly recommended. (Marc Van Overmeire International Journal of Environment and Pollution 2009-01-00) . (Choice 2008-01-00)Josephson has synthesized a great deal of information in Motorized Obsessions, and the reader will walk away with a much better appreciation of how these machines developed, their widespread use, and the negative consequences associated with their operation. (Terence Kehoe Business History Review 2008-01-00)This book will certainly interest readers and researchers in the field of environmental protection
Paul R. Josephson is an associate professor of history and chair of the International Studies Program at Colby College. He is the author of Resources under Regimes: Technology, Environment, and the State; Industrialized Nature: Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World; and Red Atom: Russia's Nuclear Powe
"The gasoline hymn" according to Stephen C. Baer. Please buy this book, absorb what brave Josephson says about these engines, and what they have ruined. In the 60's, here in New Mexico our neighbor's 1The gasoline hymn Stephen C. Baer Please buy this book, absorb what brave Josephson says about these engines, and what they have ruined. In the 60's, here in New Mexico our neighbor's 14 year old died on an all terrain vehicle. In the 90's a man I worked with in Needles, California died confronting a jet ski disturbing his picnic on the Colorado.The machines are dangerous but sadly given the excruciating noise they make the silence that came with death would have b. year old died on an all terrain vehicle. In the 90's a man I worked with in Needles, California died confronting a jet ski disturbing his picnic on the Colorado.The machines are dangerous but sadly given the excruciating noise they make the silence that came with death would have b
Each chapter tells the story of an ecosystem within the United States and the devices that wreak havoc on it—personal watercraft (PWCs) on inland lakes and rivers; all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in deserts and forests; lawn mowers and leaf blowers in suburbia. But fifty years of high-speed fun and pristine lawns have not come without cost.In the first comprehensive history of the small-bore engine and the technology it powers, Paul R. In addition to environmental impacts, Josephson discusses the development and promotion of these technologies, the legal and regulatory efforts made to improve their safety and environmental soundness, and the role of owners' clubs in encouraging responsible operation.Synthesizing information from medical journals, recent environmental research, nongovernmental organizations, and manufacturers, Josephson's compelling history leads to one irrefutable conclusion: these machines cannot be operated without loss of life and loss of habitat.. Josephson explores the political, environmental, and public health issues surrounding one of America's most dangerous pastimes. From dirt bikes and jet skis to weed wackers and snowblowers, machines powered by small gas engines have become a permanent—and loud—fixture in American culture