Thursday, 22 November 2012

Automotive Impact To The Economy.


By looking at all the modes of transportation , car have the highest cost per-person kilometre travelled compare to busses or trains. However the demand for automobile is increasing and  inelastic especially on the rich country. This suggest that there’s certain advantage for the consumer such as it is able to do door- to-door  travel which no other mode of transport can do so. Despite the recent increase in fossil fuels the demand and supply of cars in the automotive industry is increasing. So how does car effects the economy?

You certainly doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand whether car harms or help the economy. One of the most visible outcome of cars to the economy is the increasing of employment. This is because the number of man power require is increasing at the car factory and car dealer due to the increasing of demand. For example , new plants owned by a foreign automotive company creating job for the community. Transporting and marketing them out are also a additional employment opportunities created by cars. Indirectly , it reduces the number of unemployment to the country.

Cars helped the economy a lot especially in the middle east. Before the invention of cars petroleum is practically useless. However after the invention of cars the demand of petroleum  is increasing everyday thus it helped the middle east country to stay out of poverty.

Without cars company such as Shell and Petronas would had not exist . The increasing number of car on the road indirectly boost their profit as the demand for petroleum increase. (refer to the statistic below)

Written By Kenneth Khew




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