Summery:
One hundred years ago, cars were the toys of very rich people. Ideas such as the assembly line helped to greatly spread the production and sales rates of cars. The middle class could now afford cars, and a great amount of money was invested in readying the world for a massive amount of new drivers. The automobile ultimately turned public transportation into private transportation. This article describes how automobiles slowly worked their way into our society by providing jobs, individual transportation, and satisfaction.
Comments:
~Cars shaped our current way of life by replacing public transportation with private transportation. People were now free to live further away from cities, as well as travel freely as long as the car could work.
~Tractors helped increase the total amount of crops produced on a farm. This means that there is more food able to be bought and consumed by larger amounts of people, allowing our population to grow rapidly.
~Energy contributed to the post world war II boom because it lead to massive economic development. Energy was used in rebuilding things such as homes, which were in a very high demand following world war II. Fossil Fuels provided energy to construction equipment, as well as the shipping and trading of materials.
Questions:
~Should I regard Robert Moses' actions as a positive effect or a negative effect on society?
~What will be our course of action now, to try and use automotive, or move backwards towards community transportation?
~Why were electric cars not as appealing as those with a combustion engine?
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