Go Back   EcoModder Forum > Off-Topic > The Lounge
Register Now
 Register Now
 


Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 05-01-2016, 06:37 AM   #31 (permalink)
Furry Furfag
 
Baltothewolf's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Apple Valley
Posts: 2,084

Winsight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 56.69 mpg (US)

Miaderp - '95 Mazda Miata
90 day: 28.53 mpg (US)
Thanks: 67
Thanked 409 Times in 313 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by redneck View Post
.

The benefits of this would outweigh any negatives, especially if restricted to the interstate highway system. Drivers however, would still be needed to deliver the goods to their final destination. Better working hours, home everyday and safer for everyone once the bugs are worked out.

Shipping costs would go down, thus consumer purchasing power should go up.

Looks like a "win-win" for everybody...





>
Except, not how it would work. All it would do is put tens of thousands of truckers out of jobs, and line the pockets of the corporations that implant this technology.

__________________

  Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 05-01-2016, 07:16 AM   #32 (permalink)
Just cruisin’ along
 
jcp123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 1,183

Beater Echo - '00 Toyota Echo
90 day: 42.67 mpg (US)

Hondizzle - '97 Honda Civic DX
Team Honda
90 day: 46.55 mpg (US)

Shaggin Waggin - '14 Chrysler Town + Country
90 day: 22.56 mpg (US)
Thanks: 66
Thanked 200 Times in 170 Posts
And no one asked if anyone cared to have AI around.

Cloning and stem cells are hot button issues. And I am less scared of those than AI.

No. Thank. You.
__________________



'97 Honda Civic DX Coupe 5MT - dead 2/23
'00 Echo - dead 2/17
'14 Chrysler Town + Country - My DD, for now
'67 Mustang Convertible - gone 1/17
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2016, 08:41 AM   #33 (permalink)
Hydrogen > EV
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NW Ohio, United States
Posts: 2,022

Silver Flea - '05 Honda Insight
90 day: 58.96 mpg (US)
Thanks: 992
Thanked 396 Times in 283 Posts
I think he was just making a general statement, not to anyone. I mean, our world is becoming more and more technologically controlled...good or bad, if we like it or not...lol.

I believe it was California that was requiring driverless trucks to have an occupant. Though, not a "driver." A repairman? I'll try to find the article. This may create jobs, but rather than having 11 hour shifts of people driving straight, it is 24 hours a day, 8 hour shifts, being active in the cab. Or salary...maybe they "manage" the truck...lol
__________________





Best Tanks:
Mustang - 54.83 mpg (US) at the Green Grand Prix
Insight - 82.91966 mpg (US) over 818.5 miles.
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2016, 10:25 AM   #34 (permalink)
Just cruisin’ along
 
jcp123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 1,183

Beater Echo - '00 Toyota Echo
90 day: 42.67 mpg (US)

Hondizzle - '97 Honda Civic DX
Team Honda
90 day: 46.55 mpg (US)

Shaggin Waggin - '14 Chrysler Town + Country
90 day: 22.56 mpg (US)
Thanks: 66
Thanked 200 Times in 170 Posts
If you knew the trucking industry, you'd know how optimistic some of that is. There are fair companies, like the one I work for, but many would cut that cost down to the bone.
__________________



'97 Honda Civic DX Coupe 5MT - dead 2/23
'00 Echo - dead 2/17
'14 Chrysler Town + Country - My DD, for now
'67 Mustang Convertible - gone 1/17
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2016, 12:25 PM   #35 (permalink)
Not Doug
 
Xist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Show Low, AZ
Posts: 12,186

Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

Mid-Life Crisis Fighter - '99 Honda Accord LX
90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

Gramps - '04 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

Don't hit me bro - '05 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.79 mpg (US)
Thanks: 7,217
Thanked 2,217 Times in 1,708 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by jcp123 View Post
How many drivers can fix a computer at 45\55\65\75 MPH?
Fixed!
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2016, 06:41 PM   #36 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,562
Thanks: 7,738
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts
It's a problem being solved at the same level of thinking that created it.

Alternatively: An Hyperloop sized to accommodate standard shipping containers, in the median. In train. No flat-car, just an air-tight puck that clips into the corner lifting lugs.

The space inside your typical cloverleaf would become a round-house that could switch 3 or 4 containers as a block.

All watched over by machines of loving grace.*
*Richard Brautigan
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-17-2016, 02:47 PM   #37 (permalink)
Not Doug
 
Xist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Show Low, AZ
Posts: 12,186

Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

Mid-Life Crisis Fighter - '99 Honda Accord LX
90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

Gramps - '04 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

Don't hit me bro - '05 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.79 mpg (US)
Thanks: 7,217
Thanked 2,217 Times in 1,708 Posts
Have you guys seen this? Google veterans head off on their own to work on self-driving trucks | The Verge
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-17-2016, 03:53 PM   #38 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,562
Thanks: 7,738
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts
"Otto. Otto Bonn."

Geohotz gets a mention. How about this (coincidentally also from The Verge):

Hyundai's new wearable robot turns you into a mech pilot | The Verge

No law against wearing one while you drive, right?
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2016, 05:53 PM   #39 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,562
Thanks: 7,738
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by myself
Alternatively: An Hyperloop sized to accommodate standard shipping containers, in the median. In train. No flat-car, just an air-tight puck that clips into the corner lifting lugs.
Hyperloop Technology to Be Studied as Shipping Tool - WSJ

Quote:
Hyperloop One and DP World will work together to study the viability of using hyperloop technology to unload ocean-container cargo at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai. Containers would travel swiftly via hyperloop to an inland depot, while minimizing the impact on local surface traffic.

...

The DP World feasibility study will explore design, cost and financing options, and it will include studying the possibility of an offshore, floating hyperloop. That concept would enable containers to be taken from a ship, placed into the tube, then transported directly to an inland hub rather than requiring handling and taking up space on the docks—vastly reducing local congestion and emissions, while freeing up port real estate.

  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread


Thread Tools




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com