I was having a discussion with my dad, he is one person I can have most entertaining, enlightening, argumentative, and enjoyable discussions all at the same time.
I was telling him about my life in Bangalore and how the traffic and commute has become a part of life. I was complaining that how the mileage of my car has gone down by 5 Km/L just because of the Bangalore traffic, when the discussion moved to the relevance of cars in the economic growth.
While concluding the discussion, the eventuality seems that the future might belong to the horse carts. So here are 5 reasons that the horse chariots would be the future mode of commute and the government should ban cars-
1- Affordable- Now this one is no brainer, getting a horse cart is way cheaper than getting a BMW. Who are we kidding actually it might be cheaper than a Tata Nano or a 1970 model Ambassador. Also the setup to manufacture is small and easy so no more feuds in Signur, no more Mamta vs Tata.
2- Green Fuel- The problems of the emission norms like BSIV etc and the oil imports would reduce adding to the strength of our economy. The hay and horse food would be the common fuel which would still be obtained by agriculture promoting our agrarian economy
3- Time of Commute- The original reason why horse chariots went out of fashion and were replaced by the cars, because back then cars were supposed to be faster than the horse chariots. This positive doesn’t seem to exist anymore I mean cars hardly average more than 20 Km/hr in the cities which is easily matched by the horse chariots
4- Reduced Road Rage- I mean what would happen when the horse actually would touch the other chariot by mistake. I mean you can hardly blame the driver, as one would know even your horse could take a step more than you expected as it has a mind of its own and being minimalistic no insurances no damages hence reduced no road rage.
5- Enhanced GDP- Though the manufacturing automobiles do contribute to the GDP but is it fair to assume that every car produced has a positive effect on the GDP of the country. We can assume that 80% of the car owners directly contribute to the GDP through going to work. So the amount of time these 80% people spend in the car stuck in traffic jams doing nothing, could be used for positive work and actually add to the GDP. So if we really look the cars have a negative effect on the GDP.
So we can see that for the benefit of the society it is a positive step to ban the cars. I hope leaders from Pakistan read this and after facebook banning the cars might be the next step for their national development.
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Health benefits too!
Old women Aand men who cant walk and ladies with infants can use horse carriages
Everyone else should walk!
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@Preeti Shenoy: Well Walking for short distances absolutely….
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Wow! very interesting comparison indeed
So are you planning to head to work in a chariot from now on??
Enjoy!!
@Chatterbox: Yeah, but I am yet to find institutes that would teach me to drive chariots and then the driving chariot license would follow
Oh I just hope that happens in Blr sooner than later, atleast before I return
@Swaram: Lolzzz Blore traffic blues…Lagata hai aap bhi is gumm ke sataye hue hai
hahaha
true true very true
i’m to all for return to pre-industrialization living in as many areas as possible
already our modern technology has fucked up earth badly.
@Adee: Same here
Except for the internet and computers…
awesome! then my gladiator suit would finally see the light of day!
@Cena: No, no. No Gladiator suits…. Commute with peace would be the motto.
lol!!! At one point of time I used to advoacate buying an Auto instead of a car!!! It can drop n pick you at designated times and earn money when standing idle
@Smita: Then to I am sure you would totally agree to my hypothesis.
of course I do
@Smita: Lollzz then we can open a Chariot company and be partners… Pioneers in making commute chariots since 2010
kool
@Prashant: Thanks
fabulous post. liked the GDP enhancement point. ANd yups horse chariots are eco-friendly too
@Vipul: Sadly it is actually true as well
LOL!!! That was very hillarious… True at the snail pace at which vehicles move… we don’t need a car …
@Shilpa: Yes, I am waiting when the world would switch over to chariots… I might become like Alvin Toffler
Then we’l have brands in horses. The Porsche horse will be sleek and black and will cost 70 lakh.
@Meira: ROFL…. Please don’t tell me Rolls Royce Phantom would be mated by humans
(Ps. Ref Interiors of Phantom are hand crafted and customized _