Sure. Fine. We do not know from context from this picture whether the flying machines being depicted are publicly or privately owned.
However, the fact that they are flying and hold so few people makes the distinction not really matter because of how incredibly inefficient they would be at moving people around.
Who’s to say there are not larger vehicles available for larger families or groups. Seems more efficient to me to hand out transport that fits the party. Guess i don’t see everything through capitalism tented glasses.
The problem is the private mode of transportation. You need to source and mass assemble those flying cars for it to only transport 1-4 people. There exists a contradiction between this fact and a solar punk/environment friendly way of living, because you’d have to exploit a fuck ton of natural resources. Flying/maglev trains tho…
Trains are great, but some level of personal transport will always be necessary at least supplementarily (e.g. bikes, scooters). And we don’t know how much natural resources would be used by flying vehicle construction, maybe there is a decent way to do it.
I’m not an engineer, but if they are that light, wouldn’t they be strongly affected by the wind?
Also they would still be crash hazard, so probably would be banned above human settlements and infrastructure, which doesn’t leave a lot of places where they can traverse and take off / land.
A few years ago Adam Something made a video about flying cars - it was in the context of the currently available technology, but imho some of his concerns would still be valid.
They would be light, but have a high mass, so not as jerky as a balloon.
I get that there are a lot of theoretical problems with flying cars, and current technology is sufficient for improving society if we just make different choices. I’ve seen Adam Something video, I just think we shouldn’t stop dreaming about something that has inspired utopian visions for generations. It can be easy to grow sour on the entire idea of innovation after people like elongated muskrat use it to hype up their stock prices and fail to deliver. But innovation can be great, and better futures start by daydreaming.
What if they are silent, lifted with vacuum levitation?
Public transport would still be better
Who’s to say that’s not what’s happening in the image?
The image itself says that by only having two people in the flying machine.
So you only understand public transportation if its packed like sardines?
Sure. Fine. We do not know from context from this picture whether the flying machines being depicted are publicly or privately owned.
However, the fact that they are flying and hold so few people makes the distinction not really matter because of how incredibly inefficient they would be at moving people around.
Who’s to say there are not larger vehicles available for larger families or groups. Seems more efficient to me to hand out transport that fits the party. Guess i don’t see everything through capitalism tented glasses.
I’m saying it. It’s a still image and those aren’t there. They literally do not exist.
Aww, so nothing else can exist if it’s not depicted explicitly in this one image?
The problem is the private mode of transportation. You need to source and mass assemble those flying cars for it to only transport 1-4 people. There exists a contradiction between this fact and a solar punk/environment friendly way of living, because you’d have to exploit a fuck ton of natural resources. Flying/maglev trains tho…
Trains are great, but some level of personal transport will always be necessary at least supplementarily (e.g. bikes, scooters). And we don’t know how much natural resources would be used by flying vehicle construction, maybe there is a decent way to do it.
Physics exists, there is no economical way to fly.
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/2/4/30
Still uses 100x more energy than any ground based transportation.
No way, it keeps itself on the air with 0 energy expenditure, then moves with minimal resistance. Much more efficient than a land vehicle.
I’m not an engineer, but if they are that light, wouldn’t they be strongly affected by the wind?
Also they would still be crash hazard, so probably would be banned above human settlements and infrastructure, which doesn’t leave a lot of places where they can traverse and take off / land.
A few years ago Adam Something made a video about flying cars - it was in the context of the currently available technology, but imho some of his concerns would still be valid.
They would be light, but have a high mass, so not as jerky as a balloon.
I get that there are a lot of theoretical problems with flying cars, and current technology is sufficient for improving society if we just make different choices. I’ve seen Adam Something video, I just think we shouldn’t stop dreaming about something that has inspired utopian visions for generations. It can be easy to grow sour on the entire idea of innovation after people like elongated muskrat use it to hype up their stock prices and fail to deliver. But innovation can be great, and better futures start by daydreaming.