About Henry Ford, the inventer of the car.1.What inspired him to start his car invention? 2.Is his car invention environmental friendly? 3.Did...

1.  His early career as an engineer working with steam
engines gave him a great deal of expertise working with engines and a passion for racing
and automobiles (still very exotic at the time) led him to his interest in building a
car.

2.  There are a variety of ways to answer the question
of whether they are friendly.  Some would argue that it was environmentally friendly as
it solved the problem of horse manure in city streets.  But most would likely argue that
it isn't as its primary mode of power comes from burning fossil fuels (though there was
a switch on early models to allow them to be powered by alcohol that some could argue
should never have been discontinued) so the emissions and carbon dioxide released make
the fundamentally not evironmentally friendly.

3.  Again
many would argue that his invention flourished and succeeeded.  Look around you.  A
possible argument against this would be the relatively slow pace of innovation and
improvement since he brought about a rather substantial change in the car market. 
Average mileage has only increased by around three to four miles per gallon since the
1930s...  Of course horsepower, reliability, other things have increased.  But so have
the costs of cars.  So you could go either way on this
one.

4.  He knew that people would enjoy the perceived
freedom of being able to get places more quickly and more comfortably than on horseback
or on foot, and he also knew that particularly at the time the idea of owning an
automobile was still exotic enough that the low price cars he offered would be
absolutely devoured by the public and he was correct.