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[...] some experts believe as much as 95% of passenger miles could be electric, autonomous by 2030, thanks to some basic economics. Because electric vehicles cost a whole lot less to drive and maintain—but more to buy—and because autonomous vehicles greatly reduce the cost of commercial driving, a combination of the two technologies will make autonomous Transportation as a Service exponentially more cost competitive than either owning a car, or hiring a car and driver. It's also exponentially more profitable for car companies, who have long feared the loss of maintenance and service profits associated with a transition to electric cars.
This question will come up more frequently as self-driving technology advances. Will perfection of that technology make a difference, though, in the face of social behaviors that have been deeply ingrained over the past century?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by jimtheowl on Wednesday July 26 2017, @06:27AM (8 children)
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday July 26 2017, @06:57AM (7 children)
Oh, wise owl, what should I make from your comment if I'm already old? (or at least in the same age group as the poster I was "condescending" towards?)
'Cause it just happens that I am so, and I'm also becoming more adjusted to the (ever waning) importance my age group has in this world.
I wasn't asking for this respect and I don't actually care about having it.
The sooner you get to the same attitude, the less time from your remaining life you'll waste with begging respect on the grounds of advanced age.
Not wasting that time, maybe you'll be able to do something that actually deserves respect; because, you see, the age happens to anyone, but maybe not anyone gets to deserve more respect (than the one every person in this world deserves for simply being a human).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @10:13AM (3 children)
Being a jackass has no age limit.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 26 2017, @11:05AM (2 children)
Even more, it gets better with age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday July 26 2017, @02:17PM (1 child)
No, it gets better with *practice*.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:46PM
Practice require time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Thursday July 27 2017, @09:24AM (2 children)
You should make it a general statement that applies to everyone, not just yourself.
And where would you get the notion that an owl is wise? Probably from television, where you likely take the notions that mocking people and talking shit is a proper way to behave.
Its not about begging for respect, it is about being civil.
That said, consider yourself despised.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 27 2017, @01:17PM (1 child)
If I'm different from some others and I know it, in my honesty I can't make a statement that applies to them as well as me.
Case at hand, I care not for the respect that one should get only because of age.
(ok, for this case I'm willing to change the appellation to "stupid owl". Are you pleased now?)
Eh, traditions, folklore, ancient ones, before people got televisions to dumb them down (so they needed to do it themselves... grin)
You know Pallas Athena? The Greek goddess of wisdom and crafts? The western civilization believe she had a weak spot for owls [wikipedia.org] while in her young ages.
(Just in case you are interested: this is quite inconsequential to me or my quality of sleep)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Thursday July 27 2017, @01:58PM
Your name calling is inconsequential to me but it does say something about you, although I'm sure you don't care.