GEO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Diesel Fuel, Snowmobile
28 Sep 2020
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No tourism if we don"t have means to get there, or anywhere to stay. Getting where we want to go, when we want to get there . About a guy trying to get home for thanksgiving. Sometimes it is not the cost effective to go straight point a to point b. Coupon kid (flew to berlin then home cheaper than a direct train) Before only form of transportation tended to be based on horse (limiting distance. Steam engines created faster transportation steam powered trains and ships. After ww2 everything changed again, mass auto usage. 1950"s onwards you travel) have mass auto usage. Diesel fuel instead of coal, more efficient use. More recently advances in aviation has created the same effect. Has allowed new locations to open up to tourism, when it was. Ends with accommodation previously difficult to even get there from elsewhere. Rail: was our pioneer, what opened up north american but its relatively not used.
