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...Steam cars are at least as efficient as gasoline engines, Jamison says. And, because steam cars burn their fuel more completely than gasoline engines, they are virtually pollution-free...
...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...
Even a financier of Lear's resources and ability has found it difficult to compete with Detroit. Only government backing can provide steam cars with the boost they need to replace the 90 million gasoline engines now on the road...
...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...
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...