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As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo

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[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This is one of those ideas that sounds cool when you're a teenager but then as you get older you think "nah". Although if anyone can actually make it work then it might be interesting.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

Sure, what we need is even more energy-hungry transportation

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not going to ease traffic congestion...

[–] kjr@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@sexy_peach It can mitigate a lot in some places.
I don't see as an adequate solution for the people transportation, but it can facilitate a lot the transportation of wares and hardware. I mean in the specific case of Israel, in which already the roads and the railways are overloaded.
For transportation of people I agree that this solution cannot compete with a good public transport infrastructure, more traditional and based on train, bus and collective taxis.

[–] swope@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Air taxis are sort of like adding a thumb drive because you've run out of space on your HDD and SSD.

The number of people you can move with eVTOL is just tiny compared to the throughput you'd need to dent traffic.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

These are such a terrible idea, mostly because of the noise. Imagine a world where these become even halfway popular in any urban environment....

Cars already cause huge noise pollution in cities, which has large-scale effects on health and well-being, but anything using rotors to stay airborne makes cars seem comparatively quiet.