Some people claim that there are more disadvandages of car ownership than advantages. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a car.

The

first

type of

car

used by mankind was the non-motorised which was pulled by the horse.

Car

ownership

back

then

was a luxury and only the wealthy with heavy pockets could afford a private

car

. In the late 1700s, the industrial revolution in America replaced horse-pulled horse-pulled vehicles with machine-fueled vehicles. Due to improvements in management style and advancements in technology, it was made possible to mass produce the

car

at a fraction of the cost as compared to its predecessors.

Furthermore

, fuel costs on the cheaper side made it obvious to switch to motorised

transport

compared to traditional

transport

. In the early 1980s entry of Japanese ,

car

makers made

car

ownership

much cheaper.

Thus

, an influx in high

car

demand

made a drastic

demand

for fuel causing its price to hike from 20% to 30% in the summer of 1985. Economists do not favour

such

high

demand

for

car

ownership

, as America is highly dependent on fuel exports and would not simply suffice on its domestic production.

Furthermore

, high

car

demand

will increase road traffic,

hence

government will be needing to construct new

transport

infrastructure causing it to bleed its federal reserves and issue bonds to deal with

such

demand

. Advantages of

car

ownership

are owner's privacy, under-dependence on slow public

transport

, better logistics and supply chain of goods & commodities transportation etc. Through ease of owning personal cars, lots of small and local businesses have benefitted as lots of transaction takes place through the transportation of goods and materials in a certain American locality.

Furthermore

,

car

ownership

among women is on the rise these days due to the privacy which gives along with a sense of pride in being a

car

owner. Disadvantages of

car

ownership

are pollution caused by burning

gas

, excessive road traffic, road and pedestrian accidents etc. Unlike Asian countries, where cars are manufactured per

gas

consumption taken into consideration, in America, the automobile is manufactured as per the power it produces.

Although

this

helps businesses to

transport

their goods, the greenhouse

gas

it produces is detrimental to our environment.

Furthermore

, an average American releases more greenhouse

gas

when compared to an Asian. The construction of new infrastructures, managing the traffic through the regulatory bodies and deaths due to roadway traffic-related accidents are causing a burden to the nation.

Hence

it is safe to say that

car

-

ownership

disadvantages outweigh its advantages.