EVs?.... doesnt make sense., page-664

"IMO, rather than new technologies powering existing modes of transport,
technology may transform the existing modes of transport entirely into
something completely different."

that's a very good point ---------------------- we often argue about the trees - forgetting that we are in a forest


we should never forget the objective of transport --------------- what is the objective?

to move stuff from A to B

doesn't matter what it is ------------- people, the kids, the dog, the groceries, the water in the pipe, the gas in the pipe ------

everything and anything we move about -

so far - in our infinite wisdom we've done it by a variety of means ------- ALL with known physical technologies -

walking
wheels
pipes
wings
floating bits


etc etc


what if we discover how to teleport?


oh - not possible?????????? - well, lets recognise that only this last week - we heard that all of a sudden - we've found that theres an entirely new force in nature that no one told us about before -------


wow ------------ so - next week - we might find another one - and, we might find how to use any of those forces ---------- which - overnight - some bright smart arse wise cracking nerd might work out how to harness - and - bingo

no more need for wheels, hulls, wagons, walking

we are - and, we should never forget - in the mere beginnings of a knowledge boom that will discover every ??? year or every month - more than we have ever discovered in history ---------- some weirdo multiple like that

who knows what's coming ---------- because when you don't know all the forces that are around you ----------- you have a LOT to learn