Had this idea at some point but shelved it and didn't share (I don't think), but I saw someone else post about this elsewhere so I might as well amplify it and let it be out there for someone to do if they can make it happen.
So the simple question is if it's possible to design some kind of vehicle that a horse could power above that of a buggy or whatever.
Animal power has been a major source throughout history, and the bicycle has been a mechanical marvel. Could we put the two sources together for a high tech / low tech sustainable design?
Humans can bike maybe 15 mph, horses walk maybe 3 mph? So you could have a "bicycle buggy" that goes 15mph or more?
Another idea would be incorporating dogs as a lot of people have dogs - I see some people take their dog out for a walk and they allow them to pull them on a bicycle, so the dog powers the walk anyway.
In looking up this idea, I saw a comedy skit of a horse on a treadmill powering a car: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jyYUPv0rx0I
I don't know if horses can learn to pedal or if you'd need a treadmill design, but I'm just going to post the idea and see if anyone has thoughts on it.
Some other inspiration's been found on low / no tech magazine which had a post about horse-powered ferry boats: https://www.notechmagazine.com/2009/06/horse-powered-ferry-boat.html
Well, the idea's out there, any ideas on design?
