• @AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    -817 hours ago

    Once we have proper self driving cars none of these recent “innovations” like that or the speed limiting would matter.

    Ideally self driving cars would also be without a steering wheel and just be half width with a single seat or two seats facing each other to reduce energy requirements. You could just develop this with a manhattan style project and test it in a single city banning all other private cars except delivery vehicles.

    • @Grostleton@lemm.ee
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      1116 hours ago

      Might as well ignore all attainable goals that would benefit society in the short term in favor of sci-fi pipe dreams that are perpetually delayed as we endlessly run into stumbling blocks.

      Forget solar/wind/geothermal/etc. development as well, fusion power could happen any day now so why bother with any of that comparatively inefficient junk?