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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by AlecSchueler on Saturday September 21, 2024 @05:04AM (#41608630)
Were horses ever actively restricted by governments around the world or did we move away from them because better solutions were available?
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:28AM (#41608992)
They were causing environmental problems, cities were clogged up with horse shit. I don't know whether that influenced the transition though.
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by AlecSchueler on Saturday September 28, 2024 @02:03PM (#41681905)
The question was only if there was ever regulatory action taken to limit the use of horses the way we are seeing in relation to internal combustion engines.
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