How Energy for Road Transportation has Changed Since the 1700’s
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How Energy for Road Transportation has Changed Since the 1700’s
By Drew Hillier
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The Horse-Drawn Carriage
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How it was powered: Horses
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Comfortable Not too complicated No pollution Looks very pretty
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Wheels often come loose Horse needs to be fed Must clean up after horse Horse gets tired Horse might get sick Horse eventually must retire
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The Fardier á Vapeur
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How it was powered: Steam
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Doesn’t get sick Doesn’t need to be cleaned up after Doesn’t need to be trained
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Too many to count! Here’s a few: Very bad engine Unstable weight Fire needs to be relit often Drove at a sluggish 2mph
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The Benz Patent Motorwagen
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How it was powered: Gasoline
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More stable Uses gasoline More comfortable
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Pollutes the environment Still slow, at 10 mph
DISADVANTAGES
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Ford Model T
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How it was powered: Gasoline
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Cheap Sturdy Sheltered Large Faster at about 40-45 mph or around 70 kph
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Pollutes
DISADVANTAGES
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Smart® Car
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How it is powered: Gasoline
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Good for nose-in parking Takes up half the space of a normal car Fast Plug-in and charge electric model coming
out soon, good source of energy Fast ad a top speed of 130 kph
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Very few! Not much room Older ones still pollute, proving internal
combustion engines are not an excellent power generator. Electric cars or cars with hydrogen fuel cells are much cleaner, and more efficient.
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