A Pair of Shades and a Rice Gut: A Green Enthusiast's Look at People and Cars

Summary A Pair of Shades and a Rice Gut is a funny, critical, and passionate look at the automobile and how people and communities have had to adapt to it. It brings together an enthusiast's passions and an astute observation of a mobile society that is quite new in human history. As a set of short essays, it carries a coherent message that is centred on the author's love of all things mechanical, and his concern for an invention that has become a threat to civilized society. Shades brings a unique insight into what we may do with this troublesome and fascinating invention.