• @AA5B
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    413 days ago

    Everyone thinks the sky is big, without considering just how unscalable flying cars are

    • no building is designed for large scale entry/exit at roof top. Most don’t support any
    • the low altitude airspace over a densely populated area is very limited. Given current separation, minimum altitude, speed limitations, a city can support only a small number of flying cars. And no, “smart” vehicles don’t change the laws of physics, even if they help us get closer to them
    • a flying car will always be more expensive than a not flying car, which will always be more expensive than transit

    Let’s stop worrying about new ways for the ultra-rich to avoid the frustrations the rest of us have to deal with, we’ll all be better off if they also have an incentive to design more effective cities and transportation for everyone

    • @[email protected]
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      113 days ago

      I wasn’t, to be clear, advocating for them, just pointing out that they were one of those things tech bros keep suggesting over and over again. I don’t suspect they’re something to really worry about, because I don’t really expect the economics of them to work out.