The Energy Shift: Threats to Diesel's Innovation

This chapter explores the dangerous motives behind the threats to Rudolf Diesel's life from influential figures like John D. Rockefeller and Kaiser Wilhelm. As Diesel's innovations in alternative fuels and naval technology posed challenges to their power, he became entangled in a web of political and economic intrigue.

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