INTRODUCTION
Over
the course of the 20th century the automobile rapidly developed from
an expensive toy for the rich into the practice or actual standard for
passenger transport in most developed countries. In developing countries the
effects of automobile have lagged, but are emulating the impacts of developed
nations. The effects of the automobile on everyday life have been subject of
controversy, especially to environmental sustainability. Despite its dramatic
impact, the environmental history of the automobile is not easy to depict. Over
the years, the cars have been viewed as a benefactor as well as can environment
threat, as a boon to individualism, freedom and liberation and as the bane of
modern society.
DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS
Automobile,
a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically
having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine
(dictionary.com, 2013).
Automobile
is a means of transportation that usually has wheels and engine (yourdictionary.com).
Environment,
the sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural
forces and other living things, which provide conditions for development and
growth as well as of danger and damage (businessDictionary.com).
Environment,
the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or
operate (OxfordDictionary.com, 2014).
The following are the reliance on
the automobile affects the environment:-
Road destruction, Cars consumes a lot of energy before
they ever make it to the open road. Automotive production leaves a giant
footprint because materials like steel; rubber, glass, plastics, paints, and
many more must be created before a new ride is ready to roll. Similarly, the
end of a car’s life doesn’t mark the end of its environmental impact. Plastics,
toxic battery acids, and other products may stay in the environment. Example
those car are used during construction of roads around the street, they are too
heavy compare with weight of the roads which have been constructed.
Air pollution, automobile has contributed a lot on
air pollution and caused mass destruction of natural air. Smock released from
burned oil cause air pollution also from industries, nitrous oxygen
particulates. Both industries and its product pollute air pollutions.
Noise pollution, this affects environments indirectly
and directly, meaning that pollution starts from industries which produce
enough noise pollutions during its operation, but also the product produced
which are cars also produces a lot of noises which pollute environment and
atmosphere at all.
Global warming, through emission of various toxic
airs like carbon dioxides which destructs ozone layer and contribute a lot in
rising the degree of heat in the world which is commonly known as global
warming. Therefore both automobile and industries causes global warming which
is regarded as environmental pollution or destruction. Example sometimes you
may find that the other cars driven while its produces smock more than the
normal average which most of cars must produces during operating.
Land degradation, also automobile affects the
environments specifically land in directly, as after production, cars needs
safe and developed infrastructures to operates on, therefore they encourage
clearing of field for roads constructions which is directly destruct
environments and its well being.
Traffic congestion, availability of high number of cars
concentrated on one area also has been one among the growing causative factor
of environmental pollution. High traffic jams causes pollution, through horns,
smock and also causes dirty and heavy air caused by congestion. City like Dar
es Salaam in Tanzania is the most famous for high traffic jam because of higher
congestion of cars.
Automobile oriented
urban sprawl, this
has affected lot developing countries. Compared to developed ones, many plain
areas have been congested for the development of new infrastructures. This
consumed natural habitant and agricultural land and in some areas at has caused
property destruction like houses and trading centre.
CONCLUSION
The environment destruction in the places around have been
caused by many reasons which caused by human activities. There are more efforts
made by the people especially government within its department concerning
environment conservation were the introduction of policy have been used as
defensive mechanism to make sure no one around destructs the environment. But
still there some effects which caused by automobile which its effects have been
explained above. There are many ways which will work to conserve the
environment like to limit the usage of roads and the kind of car should use.
Also the recycling of materials should be taken as serious matter on how they
will ensure where they will get those materials during making cars.
REFERENCE
Payne,
D and Jennings, S (2002), issues and
environment, G, C.S.E Geography for AQA, specification C, London,
Heinemann.
Toulmin,
(2009), Climate change in Africa,
London, international Africa institutes, the royal council by zed book ltd.
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Written By AUSI CHIWAMBO (2014)-Teofilo Kisanji University
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