Poll: Car or Horse and buggy?

Question

Go green.

Answer 1

Bicyle and foot . Horse would be great if you have a pasture and horse dung make great fertiser for my garden.

Answer 2

The Amish do it around me so i guess i can to...

Answer 3

It depends on how much you travel. If you are constantly traveling, the horse may be a good option.

Keep in mind though, you can't turn a horse "off". Whether or not you are using it, its constantly consuming recourses, resources that may or may not require the burning of fossil fuels. How much fuel was required to plant, fertilize, water, harvest, and transport its food? How much of that food is turned into calories that are burned while the horse was in "use". How many calories was it burning just sitting in the barn ? Horses also (should) require more land. Which, they aren't making anymore.

If you use your car sparingly, walk when you can, you might be doing the environment more good than the owning a horse. Assuming you have a fuel efficient car.

This reminds me of the debate people try to make about horse logging Vs mechanized logging. The horses are driven back and forth from the harvest to their home pasture every night, eating hay thats been harvested by large tractors. They aren't very efficient at wood removal, and CAN in fact damage soils more than skidders which have a relatively low PSI.

Question everything, even if it seems like there is an obvious answer.

Answer 4

I would get myself the biggest gas hog I could buy and then just go cruising in it for the fun of it.

Horse p**p smells stinky!

Answer 5

Give me a car. You horse in buggy persons can walk in all the horse poo. It takes more land to feed a horse than to feed a human.

Answer 6

I'll take the buggy.

Answer 7

I'll switch in a minute.

Answer 8

I go car that runs on air. check this video http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT...

Answer 9

Yes, sign me up.

Answer 10

i will take buggy

Answer 11

When I was a kid I was always told that if we didnt find more oil etc.. we would be horse and buggy by the time I reached the age I am now..

well we are not horse and buggy.. and I am sad..

I am - after all, a huge horse lover...

HOWEVER I do think if we went horse and buggy - we would have a lot of abused horses.. just like in the Story "Black Beauty"

the real answer is :  FEWER PEOPLE

(I had only one kid).

Answer 12

neither, SUV  Hummer H3

Answer 13

Yes and you have my life to enforce this view.