Transport in 500 years time?
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Gary29 said:
Teleportation would be nice. I think it would bring with it the end of civilisation though, imagine the possibilities if you could be on any part of the globe (and back again) within a few seconds, imagine trying to police and control borders and movement of people.
Easy."Citizen, you are wanted for not paying your tax on time and so your particles are being held in a buffer until you have been processed."
aeropilot said:
A1VDY said:
Humans will have destroyed the planet by then so the question is irrelevant..
Another daft comment.This planet will still be here long after the end of the human race...(or whatever evolves after us)
I'm referring to the human race destroying the planet as in its surface and atmosphere making the transport question irrelevant.
Yes the planet will still be here butof little use..
A1VDY said:
aeropilot said:
A1VDY said:
Humans will have destroyed the planet by then so the question is irrelevant..
Another daft comment.This planet will still be here long after the end of the human race...(or whatever evolves after us)
I'm referring to the human race destroying the planet as in its surface and atmosphere making the transport question irrelevant.
Yes the planet will still be here butof little use..
The answer depends on if 500 years is enough for the Technology singularity to have occurred.
The day we can make a machine that is smarter than us humans, is the day that machine can then make a machine smarter than it is, and so on, and so on. In the space of a short time, this singularity means we cease to require a physical body, and can exist as pure thought, be that as electrons in a computer, as atoms in a crystal lattice, or in fact as any way of determining two descrete states (0 and 1)
Transhumanism is possibly closer than we might think....
Interesting topic covered in "To Be A Machine" by Mark O'Connell
The day we can make a machine that is smarter than us humans, is the day that machine can then make a machine smarter than it is, and so on, and so on. In the space of a short time, this singularity means we cease to require a physical body, and can exist as pure thought, be that as electrons in a computer, as atoms in a crystal lattice, or in fact as any way of determining two descrete states (0 and 1)
Transhumanism is possibly closer than we might think....
Interesting topic covered in "To Be A Machine" by Mark O'Connell
I think the civilised world might become a much calmer place in the very-long future.
Technology will be used to remove the need for unnecessary travel and pollution and so we'll actually take a step backwards whilst making leaps forwards.
Trains will exist, but will be very different to now and will be clean, calm, reliable and comfortable. Walking and cycling will he the norm and solar powered mini transport mechanisms will be used for the gap between train and destination. Some kind of fancy tram might exist to get you from main stations to suburbs, before you hop onto your personal transport system and glide to your mates house for a brew.
Technology will be used to remove the need for unnecessary travel and pollution and so we'll actually take a step backwards whilst making leaps forwards.
Trains will exist, but will be very different to now and will be clean, calm, reliable and comfortable. Walking and cycling will he the norm and solar powered mini transport mechanisms will be used for the gap between train and destination. Some kind of fancy tram might exist to get you from main stations to suburbs, before you hop onto your personal transport system and glide to your mates house for a brew.
I think by then the gimmick of being always connected would have worn off.
I would hope we would have evolved to realise that physical exercise is key - so expect run or bike to work, but through vortexs in order to reach different towns, cities and maybe even planets.
Either that or Amazon would have launched drivefly to pick your brain ina glass jar and take it to meet your relatives for xmas
I would hope we would have evolved to realise that physical exercise is key - so expect run or bike to work, but through vortexs in order to reach different towns, cities and maybe even planets.
Either that or Amazon would have launched drivefly to pick your brain ina glass jar and take it to meet your relatives for xmas
OP - if the current trend of greenies get their way then it would appear the future will be quite boring if one is a driving enthusiast. I dare say that the role of a 'driver' will be no more, private ownership of transport vehicles will be no more, everything will be an on-demand service at an elevated cost to offset global warming which will always be a case of "act now because its just 10 years away" 
Mass public transport systems will likely be required , so over the years, bit by bit, new rail connections will be built with 'fast' metro style trains so that they connect and stop in all urban areas not just dedicated stations.
Urban sprawl will likely have connected many cities together in to massive connerbations up and down the UK - as no politician will ever likely address the need to curb population increase.
If civilisation has made it that far given that food and water are going to be real issues well before 500 years from now, then it would be a case of "I'm glad to be alive now rather than in an overcrowded expensive limited resource era where the passion of driving is nothing more than a distance entry in the history books.
Mass public transport systems will likely be required , so over the years, bit by bit, new rail connections will be built with 'fast' metro style trains so that they connect and stop in all urban areas not just dedicated stations.
Urban sprawl will likely have connected many cities together in to massive connerbations up and down the UK - as no politician will ever likely address the need to curb population increase.
If civilisation has made it that far given that food and water are going to be real issues well before 500 years from now, then it would be a case of "I'm glad to be alive now rather than in an overcrowded expensive limited resource era where the passion of driving is nothing more than a distance entry in the history books.
A Winner Is You said:
Jamescrs said:
VW will be on the Golf Mk 123ish
Which will be criticised for looking too similar to the Mk.122. Autocar will also run an article on how the GTi version has finally managed to recapture the feeling of the mk.1Both cars will be there in 500 years time and look more or less the same.
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In an extreme view there could be generic models, running all the same units - don't want to say engines - probably running on air. They'll be driverless, with modular changes you can add and take away. Like a convertible one day, an MPV another And you can choose the brand and company face you want. But they'll only be a handful of brands left. No wheels, running on a cushion of air. All 'road' Emergency vehicles will be able to fly, so able to get places quicker.
I may have dreamt that once, or saw it on I, Robot.
Even today, using an aircraft over longer distances, (and even short distances in a helicopter) is likely to be the quickest way to get from one place to another faster than doing the same journey on the ground.
I would like to think that if humans are still around in 500 years time, and need a physical means of getting from A to B, that the focus would be on using aircraft of some kind, lets face the space for them to use would be almost limitless, It is what happens if a crash or serious malfunction occurs that would be most worrying..
I would like to think that if humans are still around in 500 years time, and need a physical means of getting from A to B, that the focus would be on using aircraft of some kind, lets face the space for them to use would be almost limitless, It is what happens if a crash or serious malfunction occurs that would be most worrying..
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