The terrible twins: cars and oil wrote the history of American capitalism -- Down and out in Detroit: how the car industry, the icon of American greatness in the 20th century, lost its way -- Big oil in big trouble: the world is not running out of oil, but America's oil giants are in trouble even so -- The parable of the Prius: how Toyota's culture propelled the once-provincial carmaker past GM to number one -- The axis of oil: oil's geopolitical complications arise from America's bipartisan addiction to oil -- 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 be trusted to solve the problem? -- Crouching tiger, leaping dragon: Asia's rise could save, rather than destroy, the planet -- The juice and the jalopy: the same anarchic, amazing American forces that brought us the Internet and telecoms revolutions are now racing to develop the clean fuels and smart cars of tomorrow -- A call to arms: a grass-roots movement sweeping across America promises to overturn Washington's oil curse- and level the playing field for clean energy and the car of the future.