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Old 12-06-13, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by gerv
Good point. I think we should head out to Silicon Valley and get several million in startup funds for a bicycle-based solution. Just need a catchy name, hook a few article on Slate and Wired and cross fingers that Bezos will buy us out.
I have read that it is the time frame not the distance that limits bike delivery. With a central distribution point you can deliver things to an air hub and store them in a distribution warehouse servicing a very large area. When a person orders online, like from Nashbar or Performance or any number of other suppliers if they could find a way to ship it to the customer using less fuel over a greater distance it is a win for the company and the customer. As far as where they fly we aren't talking chaos here think 3 dimensional. Create air zones above preexisting highways and streets. Limit commercial and private flights in those flight zones and stack the drones at predetermined elevations. Add numbers going one way even the other. To a degree we already to this with our airports, they have restricted flight zones that private planes are required to stay out of. Even today some of the drones we are using in foreign countries are controlled by people and stations here in the US. March and Edwards comes to mind. The computers fly the drone close to the target and the operator simply monitors the last part of the mission. If we can fly them for spy missions on the other side of the globe it seems we can fly them over freeways, highways, or streets. Yes they might fall out of the sky but compared to a UPS or other delivery truck running into a car or school bus or home how bad can it be? https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CEkQ9QEwBQ
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Old 12-07-13, 01:28 AM
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If McDonald's coffee passes for "good" in Lansing, I'll need to find something else to drink in the AM should i ever visit there.
Let's just say that McDonald's brewed coffee is better than Starbucks and cheaper. Both chains' espresso drinks taste about the same to me. When I want good coffee I make it myself, but drone delivery would be nice.
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Originally Posted by surreal
If McDonald's coffee passes for "good" in Lansing, I'll need to find something else to drink in the AM should i ever visit there.
It passes for good here as well...to some people. I'd take it over Dunkin Donuts (horrid), or Starbucks. 95% of the time I'm drinking coffee at home or work, so it is of better quality than what I can get at a chain.
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