Which invention has had the greatest effect on our lives in the last two hundred years? Give reasons for your answers.

The 19th and 20th centuries are very rich about inventions that changed our lives. The automobile is one of those inventions changed people's lives. Short after its invention automobile became a necessity in daily life more than being luxury or a symbol of nobility. Today the numbers of cars are close to half of earth's population. Almost every family in developed countries owns a car. The automobile has had the greatest effects on our lives in last two hundred years because it is a necessity, it has an important effect on the world economy and it affects our lives directly.

There are some reasons why automobiles become a necessity in today's life which of those reasons are being the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to travel when compared against other inventions like planes, ships or trains. Before the invention of automobiles humanity used to travel with domestic animals, which cause more expanses than, cars do in today's conditions. A traveler has to pay great amounts of money to travel from one town to another to the animals' owner also if someone owns his own animal it will probably costs much more because he has to feed and look after that animal. Even today when compared against planes, ships or trains; the automobile is still the cheapest way to travel. The automobile is also the fastest way to travel when compared to old traveling methods. For example horse back riding from France to Germany will take months while driving the same distance with a car will take a day or less. The last important thing that made automobile a necessity is it's being the easiest way of traveling and transportation. Traveling with automobiles gives people freedom of going wherever they want; only thing they have to do is to have wish of going and the money to afford an automobile's expanses. The automobile gives a freedom of traveling which other traveling methods do not offer. Trains are limited with the rails whereas planes are also limited with aerostations but cars can reach everywhere roads reach and even far. Today automobile is a necessity like sleeping or eating. The busses people go their work with, the lorries that people transport their goods, the ambulances that saves people's lives and lots uncountable more examples there are which shows us how necessary automobiles are. As a result a necessity is something that affects people's lives deeply. Without cars it will be impossible to the things we do in daily life like traveling, transporting and reaching.

Another important point that makes the automobile effect on people's life is its effect on world economy with the automobile industry and its subsidiary industries like car accessories. Today almost every developed country's economy is based on the automobile industry while developing countries depend on the automobile industry also. A large rate of world trade is about automobiles. For instance there are big car companies in both Europe and USA that has big factories in which millions of people work. This causes a great income for the world economy and keeps it running. Because economies depend on and based on the automobile, people's lives are depended on automobile and this is why this invention affects human's lives too much. Peoples are depended on the automobile economically because lots of people's job involves cars, lorries, trucks or buses and also lot of people's job is to produce vehicle. For those reasons the automobile affects peoples lives too much as an economic support, it is what people earn their lives from.

The last and the most important reason why the automobile affect people's lives are because it affects their lives with its side effects like; pollution, accidents, transportation and automobile based lifestyles. All kinds of automobiles are based on the same principle, which is the creation of energy by using petrol and its side products. As a result automobiles produce harmful gases and release them through the air people breathe. Automobiles pollute the air and are a danger for all living creatures with the air pollution it causes. In addition to air pollution automobile also causes sound pollution with the sound of horns and motors, which depress people and create negative social effects on them. Because automobile is the fastest way to achieve somewhere, the wrong use of it causes accidents resulting with injuries or even deaths. As a result deaths and injuries cause incorrigible social effects like depression and suicide because it affects people negatively. With the automobile, transportation becomes easier and more common. That created an enormous effect on trade, which also means an enormous effect on people's lives because it affects economy with this way, which means an affect on the way people, earns their lives. The last direct effect the automobile created on people's lives is that some lives are based on the automobile passion. For example car and motor racers, Harley Davidson cycles collectors, Chevrolet fans and lots more. Because of those reasons the automobile is a piece of people's lives that affects them directly with a lot of reasons.

In conclusion the automobile has had the greatest effect on people's lives because it become a piece of their life with its usage and effects. It is the invention that gave man freedom of traveling wherever he wants, it changed his life and it is a necessity of life for him. In today's world cars save people's time, power and even lives. The automobiles allow people to reach places quickly, lorries, trucks carry their goods and finally ambulances save lives. All those create enormous effects on people's lives.