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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Do you mean the reciprocating piston engine that has been faithfully and reliably serving the world for the past 100 years? The engine that has powered tanks and other vehicles that won wars for us? The engine that is used in airplanes to safely get us airborne? Yes, that would be terrible. The problem with electric motors is that they take too long to charge. If you drive a long way and need to charge, you’ll need to stop for a minimal of several hours. If charging time can get reduced to minutes there might be a chance of EVs being successful. Even then, the entire electrical grid would need to be upgraded. How are we supposed to generate all of this additional electricity?
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Just saying that the reciprocating piston engine DID successfully REPLACE the horse. Now society and technology are in the beginning stage of replacing the reciprocating piston engines with something better. No innovation is perfect in the early stages of adoption. The early Thomas Edison light bulb used direct current. So, improvements will happen. The world will get less air pollution and Global Warming may decrease as long as it is NOT too far gone. And the horse did not cause the air pollution that the ICE has done........just some street waste.