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Why would this be hell? We aren't in the sky, are we? It's mostly empty there. We are on the ground. Fewer cars will be needed to deliver things. I think this

• b112 3y ago
  Yes, with noisy drones flying over houses, each with a single package. And due to tech issues, drones falling out of the sky, smashing into houses, and dropping objects from height.. a small mass at high speed, hitting the head, can kill, blind, maim. It's one thing to have planes, with maintenance schedules, flying. And those same planes are expensive, thus there is great incentive to not destroy them by accident. Not to mention, the build and quality control is generally high. Now imagine endless "cheap is best" drones from China. A lost drone? Meh. This is a disaster.
  • Tade0 3y ago
    The drones are winged, so they don't produce nearly as much noise as their VTOL counterparts. Safety will have to be engineered into these things(if it's not already) because it's enough for one high-profile accident to make the public lose trust and vote for banning them. The story is very much like with fully autonomous vehicles.
• mahogany 3y ago
  > Why would this be hell? We aren't in the sky, are we? It's mostly empty there. This attitude is why the planet is polluted and ecosystems are regularly destroyed. I wonder, is something else in the sky? Does the sky have a purpose beyond being a place where humans happen to not be?