It's about the less fortunate working people who won't have to spend a large portion of their income on a car, because they won't need it any more.
Live on a bus or subway route.
Or call a cab (if you are wealthy). Cabs might be replaced by autonomous vehicles. But it won't make them cheaper. Not so the poor folks would notice. Most of a cab's cost isn't the driver or fuel. It's the medallion. Fix that situation first. But be prepared to fish a lot of bodies out of the bay before you are done.
Some of this labor would transform from truck driving to just truck loading/unloading
So the loader/unloader just goes along for the ride between deliveries? Might as well have him drive. For longer ranges where the labor is only needed at the end points, we already have these. They are called trains.
Then there is personal transportation, and the potential for far less car ownership if there is a fleet of far cheaper autonomous taxis.
Share a vehicle with a urine-soaked hobo.
It's harder to tell how much savings are there, but its likely very significant.
But it's my money. And I like spending it on cars among other things. Some might be way over the top when it comes to 'personal transportation' like my Porsche, but it's my money and savings isn't an issue. Plus, think of all the auto workers I'm supporting.
this could be a catalyst for reversing course on decades of growing wealth inequality.
Nope. If I save money by using autonomous vehicles, you're not getting any of it. I'm buying a yacht.
No. You walk away. It'll cost the bank $50K. You aren't an entity that can be touched by creditors. More likely a Texas company set up to pass subsidies through. And can evaporate as quickly as a puddle in El Paso.
It is. So is Seattle. The core downtown area is made up of three grid systems, each oriented to face Elliot Bay and each with its own orientation. But this effect is swamped by the surrounding neighborhoods built on a N-S, E-W grid system. So the histogram is somewhat misleading.
Also, we didn't build around the terrain, we removed it
I have a few friends that live in multi story condos with parking garages. At this time, there is no easy way to run a 30 Amp (or more) circuit from their panel down to the garage so they can charge an electric car. The condo management has pretty much drawn the line at plugging small refrigerators into the common metered outlets provided in the adjacent storage closets. So, no all electric vehicles.
It would be a simple matter to add a metered circuit of sufficient capacity at each parking stall. And then allow an installer to add the correct charging hardware to that point for the tennant's choice of vehicle if such circuits were put in at the time of construction. But not easily done now.
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China, welcome to the club.
It's about the less fortunate working people who won't have to spend a large portion of their income on a car, because they won't need it any more.
Live on a bus or subway route.
Or call a cab (if you are wealthy). Cabs might be replaced by autonomous vehicles. But it won't make them cheaper. Not so the poor folks would notice. Most of a cab's cost isn't the driver or fuel. It's the medallion. Fix that situation first. But be prepared to fish a lot of bodies out of the bay before you are done.
Theocracies depend on stupidity. We could teach our kids critical thinking skills. But then this would be the end of religious authority.
Some of this labor would transform from truck driving to just truck loading/unloading
So the loader/unloader just goes along for the ride between deliveries? Might as well have him drive. For longer ranges where the labor is only needed at the end points, we already have these. They are called trains.
Then there is personal transportation, and the potential for far less car ownership if there is a fleet of far cheaper autonomous taxis.
Share a vehicle with a urine-soaked hobo.
It's harder to tell how much savings are there, but its likely very significant.
But it's my money. And I like spending it on cars among other things. Some might be way over the top when it comes to 'personal transportation' like my Porsche, but it's my money and savings isn't an issue. Plus, think of all the auto workers I'm supporting.
this could be a catalyst for reversing course on decades of growing wealth inequality.
Nope. If I save money by using autonomous vehicles, you're not getting any of it. I'm buying a yacht.
Its previous largest qualified space part is an electronics enclosure that's around the size of a toaster.
Two or four slice?
Or the non disease carrying species would expand into the available ecosystem. And the birds would eat those.
it's going to cost (lose) $50K
No. You walk away. It'll cost the bank $50K. You aren't an entity that can be touched by creditors. More likely a Texas company set up to pass subsidies through. And can evaporate as quickly as a puddle in El Paso.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
I live just across the border from Vancouver International Airport. I'll fly out of there.
Not at the border,
Not CBP. TSA. They operate at every commercial airport. And to a lesser degree, anywhere within the US transportation system.
Highest paid adult actors: women.
"sounds associated with guests"
This is Walmart. Would these consist of the sound of two oversize thighs rubbing against each other?
Zawinski's Law demands it.
Sort of like how the TSA scanners highlight my Glock every time I try to sneak it through the security line.
Or walking on my keyboard, posting some drivel on Slashdot. Which will be attributed to me no doubt.
But then there's my nightmare about being attacked by the Alien face-hugger. Only to wake up and find the cat sleeping on my head.
Get the invasive humans off the islands
We're working on it. A good 100 meter rise in the sea level should drive most of them out.
I wonder if Tacoma is near water
It is. So is Seattle. The core downtown area is made up of three grid systems, each oriented to face Elliot Bay and each with its own orientation. But this effect is swamped by the surrounding neighborhoods built on a N-S, E-W grid system. So the histogram is somewhat misleading.
Also, we didn't build around the terrain, we removed it
Beware of leaders with funny hairstyles. Things have been going downhill here since Eisenhower.
I have a few friends that live in multi story condos with parking garages. At this time, there is no easy way to run a 30 Amp (or more) circuit from their panel down to the garage so they can charge an electric car. The condo management has pretty much drawn the line at plugging small refrigerators into the common metered outlets provided in the adjacent storage closets. So, no all electric vehicles.
It would be a simple matter to add a metered circuit of sufficient capacity at each parking stall. And then allow an installer to add the correct charging hardware to that point for the tennant's choice of vehicle if such circuits were put in at the time of construction. But not easily done now.
I have an orange shag carpet that I'm sure is in the running for oldest.
Color was invented 15 minutes after the start of The Wizard of Oz.
Your long tailpipe is making quite a racket as it drags on the pavement.
Into two social networks. One for the cool people and one for the dorks.