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> At some point they will be viable Why do you assume this?
by OnlineGladiator 5y ago
> At some point they will be viable
Why do you assume this?
- gregoriol 5y agoBecause at some point we used wood for wheels?
- _jal 5y agoYou can still use wood if you want. Many of the reasons you don't are the same reasons airless tires have not escaped niches.
- bserge 5y agoHmm, not the worst idea. But who makes wood tires for bikes nowadays? And oh God, the splinters :D
- JAlexoid 5y agoWe still do use wood for wheels... So...
- dahfizz 5y agoHow does wood --> inflated rubber imply inflated rubber--> airless rubber? I don't see any logic in that.
- bkanber 5y agoBecause this is primarily a materials science problem, and we are still novices at materials science.
- rightbyte 5y agoThere does not have to exist a solid material with the properties of a gas.
- bkanber 5y agoWhat? I don't understand what you mean by that.
- OnlineGladiator 5y agoThere's no reason to assume this is a solvable problem, just because it's a new field. I remember when cold fusion was considered inevitable. You don't actually have any reason to assume it will happen other than blind optimism.
- bkanber 5y ago... you don't actually have any reason to assume it won't happen other than blind pessimism. So let's just agree to disagree.
- OnlineGladiator 5y agoI love to disagree because I'm a betting man. Want to wager some money on a bet? Pick a timeline (5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 50 years) and maybe we can make this fun!
- bkanber 5y agolol. No bet. Not because I doubt my position (I see an aerogel-inspired material working out). Rather because the 50 year timeline that I would feel safe betting on is basically my end-of-life. I'm not really interested in paying out a longbets.org payment on my deathbed.
- rightbyte 5y agoAs he said, more or less. Sorry for being cryptic. "There's no reason to assume this is a solvable problem"