Re:Google’s Self-Driving Cars Are Going to Change Everything
by anusinha on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @11:01PM
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There is nothing intrinsically wrong about the idea of a car. It is what powers the car (currently gasoline) that is the problem. But the self-driving technology is applicable to electric cars, cars that run on fuel cells, what ever other modern and sustainable methods for powering a car exist.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Cars Are Going to Change Everything
by philwelch on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @11:24PM
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> There is nothing intrinsically wrong about the idea of a car.
For a single commuter, it increases their weight footprint by an order of magnitude and their space footprint by over two orders of magnitude, which increases total energy consumption and traffic congestion compared to simply transporting the commuter themselves.