Project 1

brook ambaw

project 1: The use of electricity and magnetism in transportation

Electricity is without out a doubt one of the greatest discoveries of human kind. We as human beings are forever in debt to Benjamin Franklin who discovered electricity. It is nearly impossible to imagine civilization without electricity. As anything in life, even if we literally use electricity for every aspect of our lives, it is easy to sometimes forget how much we are really depend on it for our survival in life. Electricity has been revolutionizing our our way of living since its inception. Now, when it comes to transportation by using electricity and magnetism, which is the focus of my essay, there is an exponential room to grow. In the near future, electricity and magnetism is going to revolutionize our transportation system radically.

The most important issues facing our world in the future in regard to transportation is reducing the amount of emission caused by an ever increasing usage of transportation and our dependence on it. Not only emission is going to be the focal point of problems caused by transportation but also reducing the number of vehicles driven by people will be at the heart of our future struggles too. As historians and energy scientists noted dully, as societies advance more and more, they are going to use more concentrated forms of energy, for example, instead of gasoline they are going to use rocket fuel.

In regard to transportation, cars are leading the way when it comes to electric use. In not so distant future, I expect cars to use more than half of their energy consumption from electricity. Right now, electric cars for propulsion, they use the energy stored in a battery. Just like anything in the world, there are many pros and cons when it comes to electric cars, for example even if electric cars produce no exhaust but they also require long charging times. In addition, even if electric cars have a faster acceleration, they also have a downside...