Comments on: Back in the Saddle? http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob87 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-138521 Bob87 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:44:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-138521 I venture to say that in the writings of every philosopher, whether living or dead, who has written a significant amount about philosophical problems that are hard enough to be significant, there are already some assertions that we can know to be falsehoods. , I venture to say that in the writings of every philosopher, whether living or dead, who has written a significant amount about philosophical problems that are hard enough to be significant, there are already some assertions that we can know to be falsehoods. ,

]]> By: Brad Aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51573 Brad Aaron Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51573 Indeed I did, Steve. Indeed I did, Steve.

]]> By: Charles Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51463 Charles Komanoff Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:29:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51463 The prior comments appear to miss Brad's key point, stated clearly by one of the horse-riding competition organizers: "We decided to double up on events to cut down on the number of travel times." Once high prices to drive get on people's radar not as a transitory irritant but as a new fact of life, adjustments begin to be made -- by individuals, by families, most importantly by institutions. Doubling up on events is just such an institutional adjustment. Minuscule by itself, but representative of a sea-change, perhaps. The prior comments appear to miss Brad’s key point, stated clearly by one of the horse-riding competition organizers: “We decided to double up on events to cut down on the number of travel times.”

Once high prices to drive get on people’s radar not as a transitory irritant but as a new fact of life, adjustments begin to be made — by individuals, by families, most importantly by institutions. Doubling up on events is just such an institutional adjustment. Minuscule by itself, but representative of a sea-change, perhaps.

]]> By: Lumi http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51460 Lumi Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:20:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51460 For those of you who might think that horses might make good alternative transportation, think again. Gas prices and energy policy has effected horses in more ways than transport to shows. There's a drought in the Southeast, which means that region bought up the hay in the Northeast, who now must get their hay from Canada. Supply and demand, plus increased transport and cost of gas jacked up the price of hay. Corn is being diverted to biodiesel, thus pelleted grain (a supplement feed to hay) has gone up. Wood shavings used as bedding in stalls is a byproduct of the housing industry. With the nationwide fall in housing starts, bedding has gone up. For those who remain undeterred, remember, safety first -- always wear a helmet! For those of you who might think that horses might make good alternative transportation, think again.

Gas prices and energy policy has effected horses in more ways than transport to shows.

There’s a drought in the Southeast, which means that region bought up the hay in the Northeast, who now must get their hay from Canada. Supply and demand, plus increased transport and cost of gas jacked up the price of hay.

Corn is being diverted to biodiesel, thus pelleted grain (a supplement feed to hay) has gone up.

Wood shavings used as bedding in stalls is a byproduct of the housing industry. With the nationwide fall in housing starts, bedding has gone up.

For those who remain undeterred, remember, safety first — always wear a helmet!

]]> By: Steve Davis http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51455 Steve Davis Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:49:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51455 Hey brad when you get back, tell me something: did you used to work at the Flagpole in good ole Athens, GA? Hey brad when you get back, tell me something: did you used to work at the Flagpole in good ole Athens, GA?

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51440 Glenn Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:33:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51440 If you think putting ethanol into cars is bad for the environment, everyone switching over to horses is much, much worse. Sure we wouldn't travel as many miles or nearly as frequently, but you need a lot of grains to feed that horse just sitting in the stable waiting for the next trip. Cycling is the best return on miles/Kcal of food. If you think putting ethanol into cars is bad for the environment, everyone switching over to horses is much, much worse.

Sure we wouldn’t travel as many miles or nearly as frequently, but you need a lot of grains to feed that horse just sitting in the stable waiting for the next trip.

Cycling is the best return on miles/Kcal of food.

]]> By: Ben Fried http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51439 Ben Fried Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:23:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51439 Folks, Brad is offline most of the time while he's on assignment, so if I may, I'd like to step in on his behalf and say that the headline and final sentence of this post are most definitely tongue-in-cheek. Folks, Brad is offline most of the time while he’s on assignment, so if I may, I’d like to step in on his behalf and say that the headline and final sentence of this post are most definitely tongue-in-cheek.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51438 Christopher Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:17:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51438 It was actually the mess created by horses -- dead horses in the streets, diseases that spread rapidly through the horses in the city, and of course the horse droppings (which all created a pretty ghastly smelling city) that made people hope that motorized (or horse carriages) would end our urban ills. It was actually the mess created by horses — dead horses in the streets, diseases that spread rapidly through the horses in the city, and of course the horse droppings (which all created a pretty ghastly smelling city) that made people hope that motorized (or horse carriages) would end our urban ills.

]]> By: Omri http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/comment-page-1/#comment-51434 Omri Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:07:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/05/back-in-the-saddle/#comment-51434 What would the horses ride on? Hard pavement is terrible for horses. What would the horses ride on? Hard pavement is terrible for horses.

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