So I often come here, even though I oppose the idea of saying “fuck cars”. And yes, I do know it’s not completely literal. However, I understand the logic.

With that being said, many people are using cars to be delivery contractors. It’s not a necessary utility, but it is useful and is used by the vast majority of (I’ll assume) 1st world countries. If vehicle use is reduced, what do you think would be a good strategy to keep this industry going? Yes, bicycles can still be used, but it would take more time, which would raise prices (capitalism). And another obvious solution would be to just do away with it and just go to restaurants. Do you have any opinions beyond those two that solutions I’ve already presented?

  • Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Electric drones with solar chargers would have been cool. I think Amazon toyed with this idea but it never seemed to happen. My guess is they are too susceptible to being robbed and less efficient due to only holding one package per trip or something like that.

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      5 days ago

      Flying drones are a bad idea for so many reasons. They could get shot down (which IIRC even happened in the US), they could crash into people’s homes or onto their head for a variety of reasons, people would find ways to intercept them and steal the cargo, and they’re also loud as fuck which I really would not want to hear. The constant white noise of car traffic is already way too much. No need for that constant buzzing (which would likely also nowadays trigger future war vets).