• axh@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    What does this headline even mean?

    Are electric horses better than gas powered horses or what?

    • myplacedk@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, it’s phrased in a weird way.

      He is saying that when cars were becoming popular, lots of people insisted that horses were better. Over time, basically everyone realized that cars are better.

      Now electric cars are becoming popular, although lots of people insists that ICE cars are better.

      He is saying that over time, people against electric cars will change their mind, just like the horse-people did.

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        3 days ago

        Cars started becoming popular around 1885, and people started to change their mind (specifically because the vehicles improved massively, not just because they were wrong initially) in maybe 1910?

        Tesla made them popular in what? 2017? so we should see enough improvements for widespread adoption by 2040

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      3 days ago

      Henry Ford once said somethimg like: if i had asked people what theh wanted, they would’ve said faster horses.