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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by jonathanfoster on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @04:18PM (#11857455)
This is what happened during the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1864[0]. Cities like New York and London were drowning in manure from all the horse-drawn carriages, which caused major health issues. No one could find a solution until Henry Ford came up with a process to build affordable cars and made horse-drawn carriages obsolete.

[0] http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-...

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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by ethbro on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @04:30PM (#11857532)
Thus solving the problem forever.

Interestingly, I read it in a Theodore Roosevelt biography, but dug the numbers back up on the internet. In Boston circa 1870, the density of horses was around 700 per square mile.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by tcoppi on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @02:19PM (#11864330)
Minor correction, according to the article it is 1894 not 1864.
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