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Rahdit42 t1_iyej7ra wrote

Yeah, we’ve had electric cars since their introduction. Petroleum was just cheaper and worked better. Ironically a big selling part for cars was that they’d be “cleaner than horses.”

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[deleted] t1_iyf1ckf wrote

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Rahdit42 t1_iyf4l2t wrote

The dirtier horses bit at the time was specifically referring to cars not having manure, in the end cars became far more polluting .

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