Posted by Ryan (65.141.164.186) on November 29, 2002 at 02:56:39:
In Reply to: Re: SUV Haters posted by Emily (68.13.144.194) on November 28, 2002 at 11:17:01:
> As far as the complaints of the bikers and horse-carriage riders, I'd say their complaints were warranted. There's not much arguement over the damage cars have done.
When automobiles were evented, they were considered a high-technology solution to the horse and buggy. Horses are noisy and shit all over the street, and they are slower and cause more congestion as a result. Pollution from the internal combustion engine was not an issue because early automobile pioneers did not foresee everyone owning an automobile. It was a luxury.
So at the time, automobiles were considered very progressive. 4s most likely were proposing people use automobiles rather than polluting the environment with horses, not to mention it was cruelty to animals :-)
Ryan