what would happen if we would only have to WALK from place to place?

Question

--no cars. no vehicles. try to give me at least 5+ smart answers. including the advantages and disadvantages. should make sense. thanks. :)

Answer 1

Well, the air would be a heck of a lot cleaner for one thing. Not as much smog or air pollution making the air smell bad and widening that hole in the o-zone layer. A major advantage to not having gasoline-powered vehicles is that we would no longer have to pay for the recently increasing prices of gas, which would save most of us a major load of money. It would also help us keep a bit more fit, rather than sitting in a vehicle all day and driving around; when you're walking, you're exercising. But if we had to walk EVERYWHERE, then getting to places would take much, much longer than by car. It may also reduce the desire to even go places as often as we did by car; it may discourage our will to travel. Walking would simply eat up your day; just think of those who have to commute to work early in the morning and come back home late at night, and what if they work far away during the day? Overall, I think we all should come to a compromise between walking and using cars. I think we should still use cars, but we should car-pool and walk if the destination is a short distance away. Even better, ride bicycles. We should continue to use cars and bicycles, but we should try to limit the use of cars and make the proper judgement whether or not to ride a bicycle.

Answer 2

Uh - - - Humankind walked everywhere for Millions of Years - - - they walked out of Africa and colonized an entire planet. Maybe a dugout canoe or a katak but definitely no horsies - - - they were not domesticated until after People had walked everywhere from the frozen Arctic to the tip of South America, across the expanse of Europe into the Mountains of Spain on to the coastal plain of Portugal.

And people continued to walk! Even after Horses and Carts and wagons, people walked. Guess what (?) Americans once Walked more than half a block or so. Those movies showing Pioneer families sitting in the Connestoga Wagon - - - didn't happen that way. Wagons were for supplies & stuff. People walked - - - from St Louis across the Plains & Deserts to Oregon and California. They walked over The Rockies. People didn't get 'fat & lazy' until trains became numerous - - - after the Civil War and even then people walked more than they rode. People actually use to walk upstairs instead of using elevators. Three to five story buildings were the height of most human endurance plus brick & masonry walls can be heigth prohibitive.

I am skeptical about modern society coping with the complete loss of vehicles. About a quarter of the population would be restricted to a mile to five miles of their home - - - few modern Americans can conceive of walking twenty to fifty miles a day - - - even the ARMY goes off the fight snug inside a vehicle - - - keeping in mind that in Roman times Armies marched twenty to forty miles a day.

Peace...

Answer 3

1) The human race (at least in western civilizations) would lower their average BMI and weight. Obvious advantage for health, and longevity of life.
2) Although what's done is done, further pollution would come to a drastic hault. Another advantage for our lungs, the animals, trees, environment, and life on Earth as a whole.
3) People would be forced to live closer to their families and the ones who they love. Advantage: It is all too common for family members (of even immediate families) to lose contact with one another, and without easy transportation, we would be inclined to stick together, just like the old days...
4) Tourism economies would plummet. This is a disadvantage because so many people use this as their source of income. Also, we would indirectly lose appreciation for travel and not be as well rounded, when it comes to being world traveled.
5) Communities would be much closer than they are now, becuase of the need to be dependent on one another. This would be great because I believe that it would limit if not eliminate gangs. After all, gangs are just communities that people go to searching for that molding they seek as young adults. With a communities more involved, gangs and hence violence would drop.
6) An overall appreciation for life's "true" pace would be noticed. Far too often are people eating in the car, ordering things "to go" and multi-tasking. The idea of relaxing and breathing, enjoying life is almost non-existent sometimes. Life would be more valued and treasured with the abolition of vehicles.

Answer 4

We'd be skinny.
We'd be rich (gas is money)
We'd be happier (excercise and pondering as we walk...solving life's problems, decreasing stress, etc.)
We wouldn't have a lot of free time (disadvantage, but how many of us have time to excercise anyways)
We would have a hard time getting anywhere exciting in just a one-week vacation
one more, we'd be friendlier...hard to say hi to the neighbor with the car windows rolled up, the radio on, and the cell phone in hand).

Answer 5

the air would stink much less, we'd pay less in gas and car insurance (i'm sure they'd come up with required walking insurance though CROOKS!), speaking of crooks, cops would have to learn how to run, lol, many could e-commute, others would have to walk. There'd be a greater sense of community, and attachment in social groups and thereby, less crime, not to mention less car accidents. Umbrella sales would soar. It would be easy to make a living via roadside (or pathside) snack bars. And, we'd all be a lot healthier. Lots of love in this idea, im giving up my car.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The Amish are a good living example of just this concept--right here in our own country!

They eat high fat, high cholesterol (although natural) foods but live long lives and have little heart disease.

Means that walking is good for humans.

Answer 8

thinner,
no fatal crashes..longer lives
no drive throughs...banks, fast food, pharmacies, etc
no competetion of whose car is better, bigger
long conversations with your walking partner

Dis:
no summer road trips
stuck in your city
no singing along to the radio...nothing beats that
no hot cars
cant get emergency help fast enough

Answer 9

hang around a few years. when the cheap oil is gone, you will find out. you won't be able to ride horses because there are so many people, there is no room for the horse manure.

Answer 10

Then my shift at work would take about a month instead of eight hours.