Transportation Revolution of the 20th Century

Transportation is a neccesity for the lives of people in america. Americans depend on transportation in order to travel from homes to work and also to transport goods. One of the most important technological advancements in the last 120 years is the car and airplane industries. The replacement of a horse and buggy for most people to a car was essential to their success in their businesses while also allowing many people a lot of flexibility in their lives. Something amazing is that actually electic cars were made as early as 1891. I had always thought that these cars were just recent inventions and phenomonal inovative ideas that could change the world forever when in fact these ideas are merely being built off of work people did over a 100 years ago. At the beggining of the automotive era.
Although maintaining these cars was extremely expensive the impact on america can't be heard enough. The ability that these cars gave people, to work in the city while having their family living in the country allowed people to move away from the big cities. The impact these advancements in the automobile industry had can't be overstated.
I think that although these advancements in society have greatly helped our advancements as a country I believe that it will eventually become a 1 step forward and 2 steps backward process. Although we are now able to have all this availability because of this industry eventually once the fossil fuels run out our country will be in desperate need for people to find a permenent solution to these fuel problems. Our country is so used to these advancements that without them it could mean big problems for many people. How could companies afford to transport goods without a convinient system? How could even families still be able to live in rural areas? Although electric cars are being worked on and are seemingly just around the corner, inventors must find a permenent solution fast before it is too late. Our country wouldn't be able to function without the transportation these industries have given us and unfortunatly these industries can't function when the world has given us all it has. We must find a way to save the worlds fossil fuels and also save our own society.

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