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Who Killed The Electric Street Car?

In this excerpt from Stephen Talbot's "Heartbeat of America" (1993), Christopher Snell explains how GM conspired with oil & tire companies to kill streetcars in cities all across America in order to create an inferior bus system that would guarantee the sale of tires, gas, and bus parts for an eternity.As Snell explains, "They would go in, buy a street railway system. They'd convert it to General Motors Buses. The General Motors busses would run on Firestone tires. And they'd be fueled by, in the east, Phillips, and in the west, Standard Oil California."In 1947, according to Snell, the Federal Government charged GM and its partners with criminal conspiracy. The result was that GM was fined $5,000 and its top official was fined a single dollar. Compare this to the over 150 billion dollar project currently in the works of trying to build a railway system for Los Angeles today.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am
Author: electriccar2

Length: 02:13
Rating: 5.00
Views: 12368

Tags: alternativeenergy car chrispaine electric electricstreetcar energy ev1 paine whokilledtheelectriccar

Video Comments

rageatm4life (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

the first water engine was created by a new zealnader who was latter killed in a tractor accident HMMMMMMMMMMM sounds like a conspiracy when he was visited by the oil companies to keep his mouth shut

rageatm4life (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

explain how the u.s presidents are related to the british royal family by the way the real british royal family is not in power anymore

juancaralb (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

I'm in your shoes. Who killed the electric street car documentary? If I find something, you will be the first personal I will let know. I hope you keep me in mind if you obtain any info. Thanks in advance.

hybridracers (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

does anyone know why this whole video has dissapeared? Cant find it anywhere.......

7boon (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Most ironic, is the GM is about to go broke within a few months.

stupidtreehugger (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hussein: every single dictator has been financed by the same global banksters and they all payed back their loans. Every US President is related to the British royal family lines. US electronic voting machines and lists have been hacked to cheat elections (Greg Palast). The elite puppetmasters rule from the shadows of the 3 + 2 City States and their flag. video.google:The Money MastersThe Truth About VaccinesThe Future of FoodThe Hidden Agenda

stupidtreehugger (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Truth will out.Hemp was a miracle crop set to supply ALL our FUEL (methanol and oil) PLASTIC, clothing, paper and building material needs CLEANLY AND SUSTAINABLY. but Dupont had toxic petro patents.DDT was the safest pesticide known to man, until Dupont's patent on it ran out.CFCs were safe, until Dupont's patent on them ran out.Flourine was an intensly toxic mind control agent, until the aluminium industry didn't know what to do with its effluent...

zbake11 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

They should have focused on Detroit (where GM is HQed, sorry.) where the end of the streetcar was the beginning of the end for Detroit. The building of the freeways here ruined great neighborhoods, like Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, and segregated Detroit even more.

Streetcar1743 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Shame on the conspiritors. They should be thrown in jail for 90 years.

joness105639 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

freeways work fine when you dont have a large population to congest it.