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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sense who wrote (3816)	2/15/2014 12:26:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4326

It's true some people are terrified of robots. They won't even get in a lift unless it has an attendant to push the button for them. <Robots driving fork lifts... just isn't a product feature that is a consumer benefit... rather than something which will probably scare the hell out half of the people. > Using a dispensing machine would scare them out of their wits. Imagine trying to get them to use an automated car wash. That would terrify them. So those people would probably continue with full service petrol stations where they can hide in their car and have their tank filled without alighting. Other daredevil types like me who are not afraid of escalators, lifts, dispensing machines, car washes and other automation would give it a go. The airlines use autopilot a lot, and they are not empty, so presumably there are enough people unafraid of machines who have not signed up to the local Luddite chapter who would be willing to use a battery-swap robot. Crazy 'live fast, die young" types. What "lack of consumer appeal"? <But, the point is that dismissing the lack of consumer appeal generated by the "whole package" with a "technical explanation"... doesn't matter.> People love: cheap safe fast convenient nice looking <Hybrids don't seem to suffer from the same issues...> Hybrid problems expensive Otto engine expensive petrol large battery expensive battery waste of space by having a petrol engine in the car extra weight of the engine high fuel consumption due to extra weight stinky exhaust while the catalyst is cold having an exhaust pipe at all dying in a gasoline fire after a crash mechanical and electrical breakdowns maintenance costs You are right, looking down that list, a Halo and fast-swap battery car would not suffer those issues. If you are worried about CO2, you could add that to the list of woes about the hybrid car. CO2 from power stations is easily controlled. Mqurice