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Horses however only require grass, hay, etc, are self driving to an extent and can return home if needed, and have less environment impact than a car.
City streets were intensely filthy back in the days of horses.
They require a constant input of hay.
They're "self driving" in the worst possible way - they can run off on their own and do whatever they want, and have little understanding of the rules of the road. People already freak out when a robotaxi takes an inadvertent wrong turn, horses can freak out and try to kill pedestrians.
They're slow. They're hard to manage. If you don't want to be exposed to the elements then you'll have to build carriages, so you'll still have factories and whatnot. Horses eventually just up and die regardless of how well you care for them.
Horses are not better than cars.
Ah yes because no one has ever """accidentally lost control""" of their car and smashed something/someone to pieces with it!
I'd take the mounds of horse shit on the streets over the disgusting stench of cars any day. At least I can scoop some up and spread it on my garden.
No you would not.
Excerpt:
Cars don't decide to do it.
Car sentience Rule #1: Don't let the Humans know you are sentient.
Good thing there is already a solution for that in the form of electric cars. But too many people prefer stinky and loud cars for some reason.
It isn't mentioned much but there was often a 3 foot high lane of manure down most city boulevards