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This is all wrong. Small underground tunnels covering entire cities with autonomous delivery bots on wheels which automatically take the fastest route from any
by 2anon4this1 11y ago
This is all wrong.
Small underground tunnels covering entire cities with autonomous delivery bots on wheels which automatically take the fastest route from any given A to B with a generic size/shaped payload are the real solution to this issue.
Horizontal drilling technologies mean that we can bore a 30 metre long tunnel while only digging up the first 3 metres.
Imagine all the industries this would revolutionise. All shopping and food ordering would become completely price and quality-driven, as realestate prices and premium spots are no longer relevant. last 10 mile package delivery would cost tens of cents.
Automated subterranean transport is the REAL future of automated delivery.
- madaxe_again 11y agoYou say this, but plenty of cities (Chicago, London) have small gauge underground railroads which used to be used variously for mail and coal - they're all now abandoned.
- andygates 11y agoThis idea assumes that there aren't already a maze of tunnels under cities: there are. It thinks they're cheap, which they absolutely are not. It thinks they're reasonable to get permission to dig, which is, er, nope. And it absolutely won't work outside dense cities. The "van + drones" model scales out.