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Not Chrichton again.
Predictions were made that coal-burning would foul urban atmospheres early on. Once the problem occurred in places like London, only then did the reactive mitigation steps take place. Raising smokestack height was one of these. Does Chrichton mention this? No, because he is a contrarian who wanted to sell books. So he sets up strawman arguments about horses. The equivalent for this was the risk mitigation strategy of our interstate freeway system, and perimeter freeways. Was that proactive in hindsight?
Some decisions can be made proactively.