If anyone were interested in retrofitting self drive technology, I would be interested to talk about starting a business.
From a material science perspective—the lighter the vehicle, the cheaper it is to move it. However if it’s powered by free solar energy anyway its irrelevant how heavy it is. Having said that—there is a cost/benefit equation for materials (if you build it out of very light and expensive titanium it might not be worth it (pay back) for 10 years.
On top of that there have been very few magical materials in years. Materials are still made of atoms which means they are still made of the same atoms as before.
I agree about logistics. Whoever can keep stock in a vehicle somewhere that can be robot retrieved and delivered is going to make a lot of money.
I think people just drive drunk at the moment.
Not sure if I agree with you on diversification of vehicles because of “free power” - (conceptually you don’t pay for the solar energy, if we got nuclear going it could be very cheap)
I would love to see more posts from the community weekend
That’s a bad conceptualization. Solar cells cost money. It’s a bit like saying rent should be free, because once a house is build it doesn’t cost that much to let the house stay standing.
House rent prices exist because of the demand. If there were enough supply in housing there would be less demand and more would sit dormant.
When the raw materials are mined by robots, delivered by robots, manufactured into useful materials by robots, delivered by robots, manufactured into solar cells by robots, and the solar cells delivered and set up by robots… Then the solar cells will also be free. Along the way they will get cheaper and cheaper too.
If I would own a huge robot farm I’m not sure why I would give anybody free solar cells instead of selling them. I might have other uses for my robots.
For energy to be free that means there’s a lot more energy created than there’s demand. I find that unlikely. Additional energy can be used for more computing and better AI.
There might be really free energy on some days in the summer where solar cells are at peak production, but there’s no economic reason why it would be free to have 24/7/365 energy.
If anyone were interested in retrofitting self drive technology, I would be interested to talk about starting a business.
From a material science perspective—the lighter the vehicle, the cheaper it is to move it. However if it’s powered by free solar energy anyway its irrelevant how heavy it is. Having said that—there is a cost/benefit equation for materials (if you build it out of very light and expensive titanium it might not be worth it (pay back) for 10 years.
On top of that there have been very few magical materials in years. Materials are still made of atoms which means they are still made of the same atoms as before.
I agree about logistics. Whoever can keep stock in a vehicle somewhere that can be robot retrieved and delivered is going to make a lot of money.
I think people just drive drunk at the moment.
Not sure if I agree with you on diversification of vehicles because of “free power” - (conceptually you don’t pay for the solar energy, if we got nuclear going it could be very cheap)
I would love to see more posts from the community weekend
That’s a bad conceptualization. Solar cells cost money. It’s a bit like saying rent should be free, because once a house is build it doesn’t cost that much to let the house stay standing.
House rent prices exist because of the demand. If there were enough supply in housing there would be less demand and more would sit dormant.
When the raw materials are mined by robots, delivered by robots, manufactured into useful materials by robots, delivered by robots, manufactured into solar cells by robots, and the solar cells delivered and set up by robots… Then the solar cells will also be free. Along the way they will get cheaper and cheaper too.
If I would own a huge robot farm I’m not sure why I would give anybody free solar cells instead of selling them. I might have other uses for my robots.
For energy to be free that means there’s a lot more energy created than there’s demand. I find that unlikely. Additional energy can be used for more computing and better AI.
There might be really free energy on some days in the summer where solar cells are at peak production, but there’s no economic reason why it would be free to have 24/7/365 energy.
I recommend tabooing the word free in order to think more clearly.
“Then the solar cells will also be free.”
Bit of a non-sequitur there.