The Pros And Cons Of Transportation

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Everyone drives in cars and busses, flies in planes or helicopters, some people even take boats or ferries. But what started these? They didn’t just fall from the sky or appear from nowhere. Something had to be done to create these vehicles, so what was it? How could we begin from a simple floating log to a massive metal flying tube? The improvements of transportation from ancient through medieval to modern times is arguably the most useful of all advancements in human technology. Other aspects of human technology are inferior to the trail blazed by their forefathers. Everyday seen zooming down the highway, soaring through the sky, Bounding across the water in great leaps like a frog across a pond. Anything that can move people or goods from one place to another can be described as transportation. All of those cars, trains, planes and boats needed a foundation to build on they couldn't have been just thought up one day. First use of transportations was foot travel. Everywhere was done by walking and using man-power. Using only our own bodies was taking too much time and energy so man decided to use animals. The taming of animals took a very long time. Some of the first animals tamed were horses, camels, and donkeys. The animals were used as rides, transporters, farm hands and such. Transportation has vastly changed since the beginning of man. We started with nothing but our feet and the ground below. Quadrupedalism was our ancestor’s first step moving around on all four limbs held huge disadvantages to daily life. Moving all four required large amounts of energy to be spent on movement and it was rather slow. Our spines were bent at an odd angle from where they are today. Also being on all four’s meant a larger area exposed for su... ... middle of paper ... ...gy! Another advancement was due to the intermingling of planes, boats and cars. The propulsion engine. This engine uses plasma and electric ions and generates it into concentrated beams pushing away from that point. This engine is used in space on the space station, satellites, rockets, shuttles and all kinds of space travel vehicles because it requires no fuel and can run just off of electricity generated from solar panels. In conclusion we can see that the improvements of transportation from ancient through medieval to modern times is arguably the most useful of all advancements in human technology. Other aspects of human technology are inferior to the trail blazed by their forefathers. As everything shown here is just the superiority of the Homo Sapiens species against all others and how we are the most intelligent, constructive, and creative beings on our planet.

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