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> And adapt we did. We paved the world and are better for it.

I don't know, it must've been awesome going everywhere mounted on a powerful live animal, not being limited to roads, feeling the fresh air, not destroying the planet.

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I don't need insurance, I don't need no parkin' space

And if you try to clamp my horse, he'll kick you in the face

Can't believe you're getting downvoted for one of Ireland's greatest cultural contributions. Behold The Rubberbandits, Horse Outside (helpfully timestamped to the lyric in question)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8&t=85s

New York at one point had 150,000 horses, each producing 15 to 30 pounds of manure daily. On top of that they produced 40,000 gallons of horse urine. Imagine the stench.

https://danszczesny.substack.com/p/the-great-horse-manure-cr...

While I certainly would not advocate going back from vehicles to horses, I would observe that the replacement for horses had even more toxic emissions. Particularly in the era of leaded gasoline. The smell of manure was far less damaging.

And with modern technology , I am sure we could get rid of the smell and unsightliness fairly easily.

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