I tend to agree, but when I mention Combustion Engine I don't necessarily mean cars. Cars are indeed just an optimization of horses, depending on how you think.

I tend to agree, but when I mention Combustion Engine I don't necessarily mean cars. Cars are indeed just an optimization of horses, depending on how you think. Railways and Ocean Freighters, on the other hand, enable some pretty incredible cases. They allow food and goods to reach otherwise impossible places, regardless of the seasons, which allowed previously impossible developments. And then there's airplanes