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> The emissions weren't so pleasant, however! Do you mean from cars or horses? If the former, early automobiles were far cleaner than the animals they replaced
by cco 4y ago
> The emissions weren't so pleasant, however!
Do you mean from cars or horses? If the former, early automobiles were far cleaner than the animals they replaced (and still are). Cities faced huge issues with animal excrement and cars represented a cleaner alternative.
- bigDinosaur 4y agoObviously you can't do such a simplistic direct comparison between horse emissions and car emissions. How does leaded petrol play into this comparison, particulates, etc.
- cco 4y agoYou're totally right, my comment was far too simplistic. However it captures the feelings at the time, cars at that time were far "cleaner" in that they smelled a lot better, did not clog streets with excrement etc Obviously play the car out a few decades and the emissions were _not_ so clean.