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I wonder how deeply this could transform the transportation industry: if the production of certain goods no longer require cheap labor, wouldn't production cent
by shykes 14y ago
I wonder how deeply this could transform the transportation industry: if the production of certain goods no longer require cheap labor, wouldn't production centers naturally move closer to demand to reduce transportation overhead?
- adventureful 14y agoYeah, say hello to Nevada or New Mexico based robot manufacturing farms powered by solar. A nice ideal anyway.
- icegreentea 14y agoOr they will move closer to supply. It becomes a question of what is cheaper. Transporting raw/component materials near population centers, and then deal with all your waste near population centers, or building everything close to supply, far away from population centers, and polluting where "no one really cares". I am cynical, so I'm going to guess the second. Even if we get mass robot manufacturing, we'll just let China continue to build all sorts of stuff, cause it's easier to pollute there.