Re: Hnadwriting is on the wall for long-haul trucking

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That is a bit of an exaggeration, Stuart. We have now a rollout of the far =
more complex driver-less taxis, still only approx. 4,000 of them, in cities=
 around the U.S. San Francisco, near where I live, has it seems hundreds of=
 them rolling around the City. There are over 1,000 driver-less trucks in E=
urope right now.=C2=A0 So "it can be done". Almost all major European and s=
ome U.S. truck manufacturers are pouring in a lot of R&D into this form of =
freight. Plans to expand both driverless taxis and fright trucks are in the=
 works. I'd be afraid, very afraid.

Keep in mind that commercial ports are increasingly 100% automated now (not=
 in the U.S. however) with China leading away, all developed without, initi=
ally, AI coordination (or early task specific versions of it).

[There will never be a successful "Mars colony" since the costs of establis=
hing one runs into the trillions of USD with almost no return though I supp=
ose if Musk wanted he could fund such a project. But the real reason boils =
down to one word: gravity. Or, lack there of. Humans can't procreate withou=
t near Earth gravity and all...ALL would die probably within 2 years as bod=
ies would wither terribly without full gravity.]

David


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<div>That is a bit of an exaggeration, Stuart. We have now a rollout of the=
&nbsp;<em>far more complex&nbsp;</em>driver-less taxis, still only approx. =
4,000 of them, in cities around the U.S. San Francisco, near where I live, =
has it seems <em>hundreds</em> of them rolling around the City. There are o=
ver 1,000 driver-less <em>trucks</em> in Europe right now.&nbsp; So "it can=
 be done". Almost all major European and some U.S. truck manufacturers are =
pouring in a lot of R&amp;D into this form of freight. Plans to expand both=
 driverless taxis and fright trucks are in the works. I'd be afraid, very a=
fraid.<br /><br />Keep in mind that commercial ports are increasingly 100% =
automated now (not in the U.S. however) with China leading away, all develo=
ped without, initially, AI coordination (or early task specific versions of=
 it).<br /><br />[There will never be a successful "Mars colony" since the =
costs of establishing one runs into the trillions of USD with almost no ret=
urn though I suppose if Musk wanted he could fund such a project. But the r=
eal reason boils down to one word: gravity. Or, lack there of. Humans can't=
 procreate without near Earth gravity and all...ALL would die probably with=
in 2 years as bodies would wither terribly without full gravity.]</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>David</div>


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