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Re:Britain’s electricity since 2010: fossil fuel use nearly ... by inglor_cz on Monday December 28, 2020 @07:53AM (#25558832)
"This is more akin to all the horses being dead"

In this case, the horses are far from dead, but people are unhappy about all the manure that stems from their use.

Accidentally, the problem with manure in city streets was a major motivator for a switch from horse carriages to early cars.

Re:Britain’s electricity since 2010: fossil fuel use nearly ... by patrickk on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:28AM (#25559022)
> In this case, the horses are far from dead, but people are unhappy about all the manure that stems from their use.

Very nice analogy. Having major coastal cities underwater or regularly threatened with huge flooding is the 21st century version of manure piling up on the street.