"Robert Cote" wrote in message
news:tsch-C06904.02140322012005@news.isp.giganews.com...
> In article ,
> Martin Edwards wrote:
>
> > Robert Cote wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > "George Conklin" wrote:
> > >>"Robert Cote" wrote in message
> > >> news:tsch-ABF68E.12162521012005@news.isp.giganews.com...
> > >>>In article ,
> > >>> "George Conklin" wrote:
> > >>>>"Martin Edwards" wrote
> > >>>>> George Conklin wrote:
> > >>>>>>"ivan" wrote
> > >>>>>>>"Joey Jolley" wrote
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>>>All cities in the US, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere going car-free
> > >>>>>>>>within five to twenty years.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>>But wouldn't replacing them with millions of flatulent horses,
> > >>>>>>>also create some kind of environmental problem?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>NYC had 7,000 gallons of horse urine flowing onto the streets
before
> > >>>>>>the automobile.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Per day, or what?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Per day.
> > >>>
> > >>>Equine influenza exacted a higher toll numerically than autos do
today
> > >>>in a population 1/5th the size proportionately.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Darn. Is there a flu shot for that?
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, take three high density lots, combine them into one preferred lot
> > > size, apply conservatively and call me in the morning.
> >
> > Did horses frightened by openly gay behaviour have lowered resistance?
>
> It depended on the individual horses preference and whether they were
> approached from the side.
>
> Seriously, the auto in the built urban environment represents a great
> leap in increased energy efficiency and smaller ecological footprint.
> Some people with a social agenda refuse to believe this because they've
> set their entire worldview around the retro idea of a time before the
> autos dominance being somehow preferable.
The modern city is based on the NON-walking city, regardless of manner of
transportation. Cars are simply what they hate.
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