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Traveling and traffic

At first people used to travel only by foot, or by animal towed vehicles. As the steam-
powered machines came to the traveling, more and more people chose trains over other long-
distance transports. The fuel, which was coal and wood, burned at high temperatures so the
generated steam could move the heavy train and its passengers. As transportation methods started to
evolve, other types of engines were invented, these now used liquid fuel, like gasoline or petrol.
Engines using these generated a lot of polluting gases, such as CO 2 and CO. As the petrol eater
engines started to get more and more popular, more of the so-called green house gases was emitted
into the atmosphere.
Today, we are used to cars in every day life. Though these cars does not consume as much
fuel as they predecessors did, they still emit those nasty gases. We accepted this fact as it is part of
our everyday travels. Although I prefer to travel with car, I still try to minimize the use of them. It is
not about the fact that it is better for my planet if I walk, but I just simply feel better after a walk
from school to home, than a quick 5 min drive on the same road... The traffic in the smaller cities
like Dunakeszi is close to zero during the day, but rush hours are still present, since ,most people
work in the capital, they get up and start making they way to work nearly at the same time. At 7:32
the roads get crowded, and you can feel the stress on everyone :”I will be late, NO!”, and as you
think it over, you recognize that you are only in a small city, and you start to imagine what is
happening in the capital. As I recall one of my drives to my brother's place, deep in the hearth of the
city, I can still feel the stress of driving on he roads full of stressed people who want to get home as
fast as they can, no matter what, or who is in the way.... The sounds of the horns is just haunting me
from time to time... but this is the city, it is much much faster then my little town. Not only the
drivers are crazy, but the pedestrians are different too. If you walk the streets in Dunakeszi you see
like 10-15 people no matter where you walk, and those people are familiar, but you can not
remember where you saw them. In the capital the on-foot traffic is just insane compared to Keszi. In
less than 10 minutes you can see more than a hundred people, going where they have to go, with a
speed boost of the extra caffeine they took at the nearest Starbucks or McDonald's. This huge
information stream coming from the thousands of people you see in a couple of hours is not huge
enough, you have to pay attention to the rules of traveling, as if you want to get somewhere, either
you have to know the exact route there, or get a taxi, which is a not the most wallet friendly option.
Other then using cars and got jammed in traffic, you can walk as it is the most basic form of betting
from A to B, but you can also take a bus or a tram. By taking the bus you can still get caught up in a
traffic jam, but it is not as likely as it is that the bus breaks down. The tram is a quite convenient
way to roam the labyrinth of the city,but still you have to share it with all the other people, which is
not the best, if you consider all the illnesses they can carry. As I have no great fears of getting
something nasty from those traveling with me, I would still choose the option involving the actual
plot of moving, not just the vector of the motion. And seeing the city is not on the “bad things” list,
so get on your feet and do some walking in the city after sundown, it's absolutely fantastic.
Since the main topic is traveling and traffic I guess I should say something bit more
connected too. Since walking 2000 km to Sweden would be a bit tiring and frustrating, I would
suggest the fastest and the “let's see the world” options. The first one is obviously the plane. You
check in, get on, fly, land, get off, bamm you are there. Even if it is a real time saver, it generates a
lot of those gases that we don't want, so in the end you saved time and melted a cubic meter of
icecap, congrats'. As opposed to this, there is the other polluting traveling option, car. This is a lot
better since you can get cars with a really low pollution ratio, so you can save a few inches of ice,
and see the landscapes as you roam the highways to you destination. Since Sweden is not in the
neighboring countries, you are going to make a break and sleep a few hours, eat a fine meal
somewhere in Germany, and continue your journey through Denmark, and see the sights there too.
If you are into seeing things I would suggest the car, but I forgot to mention the railway... Taking a
train would be a funny thing to do, but I think you could find a way to get there... even if you would
have to make a bit of a detour.
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Traveling is part of our everyday life, so there is no chance to evade it. As for the thing
generated by travel, called on it's uglier name: traffic, is another thing that's not evadable, so as
more and more people choose to leave their homes, the more traffic you get, no matter if it's a
sidewalk or an airway. As the traveling gets more and more attention, it will evolve and grow, as the
travel gets more and more developed, it will pull the traffic with is, so it will get more efficient and
less polluting.