18 June

When petrol and diesel cars were first released, they were hugely expensive. Way beyond the reach of ordinary people. There were also no service stations, for 25 years afterwards. If social media had existed then, no doubt thousands on there would have been talking about how horses were still the way to go, that petrol and diesel would burn you to death, and have no range, unlike a horse. All social change is the same. Nobody wants to leave the comfort of the status quo, until it’s forced upon them. Ever noticed the power measurement for cars? ‘Horsepower’.