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If drone delivery takes off, I'm curious how weather will impact the sector. E.g. One week drones deliver 60% of goods in a city, but the next one rains all wee
by rkagerer 7y ago
If drone delivery takes off, I'm curious how weather will impact the sector. E.g. One week drones deliver 60% of goods in a city, but the next one rains all week with wind and storms - suddenly demand for human deliverypeople spikes.
- btreecat 7y agoCurrently they will be sticking to daylight hours and calm enough weather. Also due to the valley here, they will have to worry about days with low clouds due to temperature inversions. I see drones as one of the potential solutions to last mile delivery, co-existing with other technologies.
- rkagerer 7y agoSo they'll need a bunch of on-demand, part-time delivery partners willing to take up the slack when drones can't fly? Sounds like they'll still need to employ (if indirectly) enough humans to meet peak demand.