Transport: How we get from A to B. Before man invented the
wheel, the only choices we had were shanks pony (our feet), and
riding animals. Both modes of transport were and still are,
extremely low carbon. Then we invented the wheel which for
thousands of years were attached to various types of vehicles
that were pulled/pushed by humans or animals allowing for
greater loads to be carried. Once again, very low carbon
options. Then the steam engine was invented in the early 1700's
and it took George Stephenson to put wheels on it in the form of
the Rocket, thus began the industrial revolution and the
beginning of the human race's addiction to burning fossil fuels.
Then, with the discovery of oil and the refining process, and
the subsequent invention of the internal combustion engine, it
all quickly went to custard. Cars were relatively rare early on,
and it wasn't until Henry Ford invented the production line
method of manufacturing cars making them affordable to the
masses, did the automobile have any real envi