thesultanofsheight 8,972 Posted October 21, 2018 On 10/19/2018 at 8:45 PM, Max Power said: Despite all the obvious challenges and drawbacks, most of the major manufacturers are fully committed to autonomous electric vehicles. Another dumbing down of the population, we won't need to think for ourselves shortly, there will be some machine doing that for you! Uber is the real test bed here. All those drivers are slowly putting themselves and others out of employment as they destruction test the software and systems in live trials until they won’t be needed anymore when you’ll be able to order a cab which drives itself and drops you off where you need to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Believer 11,550 Posted October 21, 2018 Wonder what the human race will look like, physically, after a few thousand years of having machinery and A.I. do it all for us? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uhtred 9,083 Posted October 21, 2018 Just now, Non-Believer said: Wonder what the human race will look like, physically, after a few thousand years of having machinery and A.I. do it all for us? Exactly like Howard Quayle looks today. 1 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody2 5,021 Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, yootalkin2me said: As stated previously, petrol & diesel (oil) will still play a significant part in future transport. There are a variety of chemical and compounds that can be used in batteries such as cobalt, plus there will be compounds that will be used in future battery tech that have not yet been discovered or invented. but are batteries the future...... pointless when they're been charged by oil..... it like someone going veggie to save the plant- then living off imported food which is airfreighted in...... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody2 5,021 Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, quilp said: Australia to prolong their use of coal as a source of energy. https://www.afr.com/news/politics/prolong-the-life-of-coalfired-power-stations-in-the-national-electricity-market-says-australian-energy-market-operator-20180716-h12r9n Without giving any indication of how long they intend to prolong. maggie left a fair bit in the ground for the kids of today...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody2 5,021 Posted October 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Wonder what the human race will look like, physically, after a few thousand years of having machinery and A.I. do it all for us? you won't need to wait that long...... just look at the teens today scared to go out, spend all the time on phones= mental health problems....... need to get them smoking and drinking down the pub...... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yootalkin2me 855 Posted October 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, woody2 said: but are batteries the future...... pointless when they're been charged by oil..... it like someone going veggie to save the plant- then living off imported food which is airfreighted in...... But large scale power generation will be emission free in the future, it'll take time but it'll happen. Some countries will take longer than others, and of course there'll always be some 'rogue nations' that won't do it of won't do it very quickly but if they're not oil producing nations they'll probably be forced into no emission power generation because no oil or previously oil producing nations will sell to them or will not be allowed to sell to them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody2 5,021 Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, yootalkin2me said: But large scale power generation will be emission free in the future, it'll take time but it'll happen. Some countries will take longer than others, and of course there'll always be some 'rogue nations' that won't do it of won't do it very quickly but if they're not oil producing nations they'll probably be forced into no emission power generation because no oil or previously oil producing nations will sell to them or will not be allowed to sell to them. so when oil runs out in 500 years then then should start allowing electric cars on the road but not before..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yootalkin2me 855 Posted October 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, woody2 said: so when oil runs out in 500 years then then should start allowing electric cars on the road but not before..... Oil will never run out, it's a selfvreplenishing resource not produced from prehistoric rotten vegetation as you would have believed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WTF 5,616 Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Wonder what the human race will look like, physically, after a few thousand years of having machinery and A.I. do it all for us? watch wall-e 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gizo 1,878 Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, yootalkin2me said: Oil will never run out, it's a selfvreplenishing resource not produced from prehistoric rotten vegetation as you would have believed. Wow. This is a new one. Go on then how is it made? **sits back** Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yootalkin2me 855 Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Gizo said: Wow. This is a new one. Go on then how is it made? **sits back** https://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheTeapot 8,069 Posted October 21, 2018 Driverless taxis "Sue me dickhead" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Declan 6,861 Posted October 22, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45935000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woody2 5,021 Posted October 22, 2018 57 minutes ago, Declan said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45935000 as long as you can buy one then you can get home from the pub pi55ed...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
