2026-09-20 09:11 UTC
…In the early 20th century, horses moved heavy shit, and produced a lot of shit doing it.
But that was on the back of centuries of breeding horses to do it. Today, horses are a hobby and making hundreds of millions more of them again as draft animals will take a long time.
Into the gap will step bicycles. Moving shit by bike will move from being viewed as ridiculous now to essential
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 09:19
…Governments won’t plan for this. And people certainly won’t vote for it, cos they LOVE CARS. But it or something like it will happen anyway. Because systems adapt to material conditions and then over time people say “Yeah, this is just normal”
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@EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-09-20 21:17
@urlyman@mastodon.social plus with horses it would aid the fertiliser shortage. There are cargo biles but councils amd governments need to change [some/many] streets to being bike friendly keeping cars and lorries out inxluding deliveries, taxis and buses. Takes a lot of planning and a mind shift but do-able.