The invention of car using combustion engine by Henry Ford was the most significant inventions of the 1920s, dramatically changing the lives of Americans.
However the very first car invented was made with steam engine in 1866 by Richard Dudgeon.
Throughout the first few years of the 1920s, cars became a hit with almost everyone, especially young people who desired for freedom and excitement.
The cars also helped the companies and the industries of America. As people found it hard to drive on the dirt roads that were not in a suitable condition and that it required more fuel to run, America started road construction.
Nation wide, the road construction created more jobs and strengthened the economy further.
However as cars became overpopulated, they have been influencing our environment negatively.
“The price of automobiles doesn’t begin to pay for the many indirect costs: waste of land and energy,loss of amenities,and the expenses of traffic enforcement, pollution and the cost of accidents by uninsured drivers…Society should stop paying the subsidies that keep this endless loop turning.”
-Jane Jacobs. The Nature of Economics. Random House. 2000
-Newrotoxins and carcinogens in car exhaust
-Global Warming
-Smog and acid rain
-Ozone Depletion
-Cars Reshape the Urban Environment
-Passengers Die in Cars on a Daily Basis
References
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” Cars: Their Impact on the Environment .” English Montreal School Board – Commission Scolaire English-Montréal. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Dec. 2012. <http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/science/cars.html>.
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“The Invention of the Car .” ThinkQuest : Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Dec. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/J002604/LG-car.html>.
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