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FooltheKnysan t1_j1yozi9 wrote

Why would you spend a bunch of fuel in keeping cars in the air if you can just let them drive themselves on the road?

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unjust1 t1_j1z17t2 wrote

The environmental impact of thousands of miles of roads is much worse?

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FooltheKnysan t1_j1zb4ho wrote

With today's status quo, the roads are much cheaper than the amount of fuel or battery required, both financially and environmentally.

If we had a much cheaper and greener energy source maybe, but you can't run star wars speeders based on fossil fuels AND have an ozone layer the same time, and battery manufacturing also comes with an environmental price with the standards we know of.

While it would have benefits, the more you look, the more complicated flying vehicles get.

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