ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Whenever a new and innovative invention is brought to life, it seems to often kill it's predecessor; the diesel trains over the steam locomotives, the steel mills over the blacksmiths, the telephone over the telegraph, the car over the horse and buggy, etc. Again with the car, what will replace it? When something is invented to unleash land vehicles that don't require wheels at all, what will happen to cars and trucks? Will we eventually say goodbye to the classic wheel driven automobile in place of something different? Will we actually be tossing a proud legacy of technology into the garbage can? How can we be sure exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Nintendo Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 It beats the hell outta me but its too early for now to get any new car features or perhaps, a car/truck that can probably hover or use some new power technology. We probably won't by the time 2030 gets here, get ourselves a new vehicle that will kill cars using wheels. (I will say however that if cars in the future or today were powered by water rather than say...electricity or gas, we could see a very huge improvement in the automobile industry and a big fat price tag for them too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Why would cars with an alternative to gas be so expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 The research necessary to find a suitable alternative to gasoline and find a viable was to mass-produce it, possibly. Plus, just because something is an alternative to gas doesn't make it better, so there'd have to be ways to test and see if it would cost less to produce, if it would perform comparably, if it would be cleaner, etc. which would cost even more money. Possibly. I'm no expert on economics or anything, but that's my take on the matter. It'd cost so much because of the sheer amount of time it would take to make a viable gasoline substitute. On a different note, I kind of have beef with the title of this topic. Asking if wheeled vehicles will ever be replaced is basically saying "Will we ever have hovercars?" I mean, I'm no physics buff either, but as far as I'm aware the wheel is basically the most efficient sort of thing to use when making a vehicle. Square wheels would work, but they would require much more energy to move and with a less than enjoyable result. The only way I see us getting rid of wheels is if hovercars are developed, and we've already had all kinds of discussion about that question <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Well what would happen to wheeled land vehicles after they're replaced? Would they be locked up in museums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Most likely. We have steam trains and other such relics in museums, so if we ever manage to make the wheel completely obsolete then we'll probably have museum exhibits on the wheel. I just have my doubts that we'll ever be able to do that. Especially not in any of our lifetimes. The wheel is too convenient and efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePointingMan Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'm betting the next upgrade is the triangle. They are the most structurally sound so they may as well be the best wheal alternative... Right! Ahem... but more serious like, We've been gettin crap in the mail about people wanting people to... I'm not really sure cause I haven't read it, just kinda overheard the parents talking about it, but the only thing that makes sense to me is to invest in this idea. Basically they want to replace roads with solar panels in order to power all the houses and crap, but I figures that with even more research, it'd be really cool if they managed to wirelessly charge cars with these roads. I figure it's not to far fetched as you can already wireless charge things like cell phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 With your outlooks it seems like F-Zero and WipEouT will be just that; video games, and Star Wars repulsor craft will be just movie props. After all, you can't levitate on gravity on it's own George Lucas. However: All this with wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePointingMan Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I love how it's the motorcycle ball... !of death! Also none of those defy gravity, nor are they wheel replacements, so they don't really show that those things wont be "just that; a video game." Personally, I don't think it safe to say anything can't be done, but I can say we are no where close to replacing the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 well, the automubiles of today work on a combustion engine, getingrid of that would be incredoubly hard, but we might see them disapear near the end of our lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 I love how it's the motorcycle ball... !of death! Also none of those defy gravity, nor are they wheel replacements, so they don't really show that those things wont be "just that; a video game." Personally, I don't think it safe to say anything can't be done, but I can say we are no where close to replacing the wheel. But WipEout's vehicles are supposed to be anti-gravity, isn't that just science fiction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZM Anonymous Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 But WipEout's vehicles are supposed to be anti-gravity, isn't that just science fiction? Unless we find a way to reverse the law of gravity, it'll be just that: science fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Inari Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Unless we find a way to reverse the law of gravity, it'll be just that: science fiction. Yeah elemental laws of physics, like gravity, don't like to be broken. So I think that's a dead-end. :b While the idea of a flying car is amusing, what we have now works just fine. Why reinvent the wheel when we already have one that works perfectly fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yeah elemental laws of physics, like gravity, don't like to be broken. So I think that's a dead-end. :b While the idea of a flying car is amusing, what we have now works just fine. Why reinvent the wheel when we already have one that works perfectly fine? Fewer dead animals on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Flying cars allready excist, and are slowly creeping down in price level to where they could be feasible for an upper middle clas to buy. Thing is, with the mayority of the people currently on the road barely having the responsibility and skill to pilot a normal car, I don't want to think about what would happen, the damage which it'd cause, if flying cars became available to them. The flying car is ready for us. We're not ready for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Now that's interesting, and I had no idea it was true. Mind finding some links to show us? I'll look on my own, but it'd be nice to see the info you're looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Flying cars allready excist, and are slowly creeping down in price level to where they could be feasible for an upper middle clas to buy. Thing is, with the mayority of the people currently on the road barely having the responsibility and skill to pilot a normal car, I don't want to think about what would happen, the damage which it'd cause, if flying cars became available to them. The flying car is ready for us. We're not ready for it. You have any proof that most people don't have the responsibility and skill to pilot a regular car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I'd like to know how one reliably slows down and stops in a flying car. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 You have any proof that most people don't have the responsibility and skill to pilot a regular car? Go for a drive. You'll find your own proof, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 You have any proof that most people don't have the responsibility and skill to pilot a regular car? Just look at the I-75 and anyone who drives in the state of Ohio for your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Go for a drive. You'll find your own proof, I'm sure. Maybe you live in a motorist's worst nightmare, because traffic where I live is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 You have any proof that most people don't have the responsibility and skill to pilot a regular car? My own observations of how people act on the roads, the near-accidents that have happened because someone acted wrong in a given situation, my own accident... As well as statistics. Do you have any idea on how many crashes, bumps and scrapes happen every single year? Now, add into the the mix that if you crash in a flying car, you're not going to slidely slowly into a soft ditch, you'll hammer into the ground at huge speeds almost no matter what. Locations under heavy trafficed lanes will be virtually carpet-bombed by flying cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"User" Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 My own observations of how people act on the roads, the near-accidents that have happened because someone acted wrong in a given situation, my own accident... As well as statistics. Do you have any idea on how many crashes, bumps and scrapes happen every single year? Now, add into the the mix that if you crash in a flying car, you're not going to slidely slowly into a soft ditch, you'll hammer into the ground at huge speeds almost no matter what. Locations under heavy trafficed lanes will be virtually carpet-bombed by flying cars. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the same licensing system and would be much more vigorous. It's the same reason why you don't assign a fighter pilot to fly a commercial jumbo jet or a truck driver to drive a school bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARWINGCOMMANDER 3987 Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 ^ Thanks, never thought of that. It shouldn't be too much harder to learn how to pilot the car of the future. Well, it probably wouldn't be "properly" called a car, it'd need a name that better suits it. I was thinking more land vehicles akin to the F-Zero machines; levitating only a foot above the ground or more by the means of magnetism. It'd take decades of construction and money to do it all though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Elite Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 It'll take a while before the tech for over vehicles will be invented, but if they perfected it then I imagine cars might be outdated. Min you, if I had a choice, i'd still use a car and not a hover car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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