They've taken the same approach to progressive virtue signaling that NASA, the government, and fusion energy proponents have always done: set your plans about a decade in the future and by the time you are forced to do anything about it, everyone will have forgotten what you promised in the first place. Probably the same people won't even be in charge. It's a great move if all you care about is social score.
A friend of mine did that for years to make a bit of extra money on his normal route. It was a site, you put in the destination and how many places you had available and people would apply for a spot. Users had ratings and he was free to refuse them. At the very least it was interesting to meet people.
Problem is you would have to do this in advance, so it is not like calling a cab at last min.
This year keeps popping up. They’ve clearly settled on their timeframe. To me, this means every future electron will be “fortified”. We won’t see another real election between now and the shooting.
They will always try to "fortify" but they won't always be successful if we actually implement election integrity measures, work on increasing turnout and nominate a strong candidate who is well spoken and is not Trump.
Seconded. The whole Globalist experiment is experiencing setbacks on a global scale, between the US becoming more Populist, the Europeans backlashing in many areas (Sweden says hi), and the Chinese starting to collapse as their economy dies.
They may want their 2030 timeline because it is some sort of occult meaning. But it will fail long before it gets that far, because they are too retarded to actually pull off their ideas.
If anything, I agree with a video from a historian I saw recently: I fear the reaction to the Social Justice Movement far more than I fear the SJW's. The SJW's were utter braindead retards who didnt know how to push their movement except through bullying (which is starting to not work). The Right is actually smart, and plans. Their reaction will be brutal.
the Chinese starting to collapse as their economy dies
I agree with your post except for this. China is better situated economically than the west. They have actual manufacturing capacity, graduate more stem students every year than the rest of the west combined, and through their alliance with Russia have better access to commodities than all of Europe. Don’t hold your breath waiting for them to collapse. I’d put my money on them inarguably being the dominant superpower within 20 years.
I’d put my money on them inarguably being the dominant superpower within 20 years.
As yes, because the true sign of a rising superpower is having to park tanks in front of their banks to keep people from making runs on them.
Anyone who still believes China will rise after Covid ruined their good will is a fool. They are surrounded on all sides by enemies, who combined have larger military forces with better equipment than they do (and that is before you get the US involved, since it seems like that may be questionable over the next few years).
China may have more STEM students, but it means fuck all if their quality is garbage. And their construction they do is [absolutely abysmal garbage designed to be cheap]. For Gods sake, they managed to make ISLANDS SINK. Meanwhile, American engineers continue to be quality in pretty much every location outside of a handful of politically extreme places like Portland and New York.
The US is stumbling right now, make not mistake. But this will be our century yet again, or we will die trying.
Let's not mince words: And who is going to work for them then? If the only people who can afford an electric vehicle is anyone in or above the upper middle class that have that kind of disposable income, who's going to drive around for pennies to ferry the kind of losers that don't want a car in the first place?
This will be reversed, or Uber will be out of business.
They must be banking on graphene battery tech advances, swappable/modular batteries or something else like that. Otherwise, yeah, charge time is going to be a damn near show-stopper.
You make a good point for Uber, but it could work in theory for an established business by utilising a swap-over system for vehicles. Just drop into the depot and swap vehicles.
Regardless, it's still a MASSIVE increase to operation costs, and you need larger depots to store all those vehicles. As per usual, leftist politics love to push out small and independent business.
It was supposed to be no one was going to work for them. Well not drive anyways. They were going to replace the drivers with AI. Wonder how that's going.
Glorified hitch-hiking. Either I pay for traditional modes of transport, or I walk/hitch-hike with fuck-all, there's never been any in-between for me.
No one who can afford an EV is going to want to work for them as any kind of driver, anyway. And considering how much it costs to replace a battery ... one might not be wanting to use their little runabout as a work-bot. Gophering and taxiing are very hard on a vehicle.
Bold of them to assume they'll still be around in 2030.
They've taken the same approach to progressive virtue signaling that NASA, the government, and fusion energy proponents have always done: set your plans about a decade in the future and by the time you are forced to do anything about it, everyone will have forgotten what you promised in the first place. Probably the same people won't even be in charge. It's a great move if all you care about is social score.
Actual taxi companies. Buses. Walking. Bicycles. Trains.
Local networks of "I am going to the city, who wants to pay $5 to ride along"
If a company just created a message board that cost money to sign up too, they'd be a viable replacement.
A friend of mine did that for years to make a bit of extra money on his normal route. It was a site, you put in the destination and how many places you had available and people would apply for a spot. Users had ratings and he was free to refuse them. At the very least it was interesting to meet people.
Problem is you would have to do this in advance, so it is not like calling a cab at last min.
This year keeps popping up. They’ve clearly settled on their timeframe. To me, this means every future electron will be “fortified”. We won’t see another real election between now and the shooting.
I am so sick of doomers.
They will always try to "fortify" but they won't always be successful if we actually implement election integrity measures, work on increasing turnout and nominate a strong candidate who is well spoken and is not Trump.
Seconded. The whole Globalist experiment is experiencing setbacks on a global scale, between the US becoming more Populist, the Europeans backlashing in many areas (Sweden says hi), and the Chinese starting to collapse as their economy dies.
They may want their 2030 timeline because it is some sort of occult meaning. But it will fail long before it gets that far, because they are too retarded to actually pull off their ideas.
If anything, I agree with a video from a historian I saw recently: I fear the reaction to the Social Justice Movement far more than I fear the SJW's. The SJW's were utter braindead retards who didnt know how to push their movement except through bullying (which is starting to not work). The Right is actually smart, and plans. Their reaction will be brutal.
I agree with your post except for this. China is better situated economically than the west. They have actual manufacturing capacity, graduate more stem students every year than the rest of the west combined, and through their alliance with Russia have better access to commodities than all of Europe. Don’t hold your breath waiting for them to collapse. I’d put my money on them inarguably being the dominant superpower within 20 years.
As yes, because the true sign of a rising superpower is having to park tanks in front of their banks to keep people from making runs on them.
Anyone who still believes China will rise after Covid ruined their good will is a fool. They are surrounded on all sides by enemies, who combined have larger military forces with better equipment than they do (and that is before you get the US involved, since it seems like that may be questionable over the next few years).
They are looking likely to suffer a famine, while also lying about their grain stockpiles. They are suffering from debt that makes the US look financially sound. As for the manufacturing, that is leaving, and the US itself is seeing industrial rebounds.
China may have more STEM students, but it means fuck all if their quality is garbage. And their construction they do is [absolutely abysmal garbage designed to be cheap]. For Gods sake, they managed to make ISLANDS SINK. Meanwhile, American engineers continue to be quality in pretty much every location outside of a handful of politically extreme places like Portland and New York.
The US is stumbling right now, make not mistake. But this will be our century yet again, or we will die trying.
Let's not mince words: And who is going to work for them then? If the only people who can afford an electric vehicle is anyone in or above the upper middle class that have that kind of disposable income, who's going to drive around for pennies to ferry the kind of losers that don't want a car in the first place?
This will be reversed, or Uber will be out of business.
Think of how long it takes to charge an electric car. You can't have a taxi company with electric (battery) cars. Period. End of story.
They must be banking on graphene battery tech advances, swappable/modular batteries or something else like that. Otherwise, yeah, charge time is going to be a damn near show-stopper.
Banking on technology that does not exist at scale is the absurdism of this age.
Fusion is just around the corner, guys!
You make a good point for Uber, but it could work in theory for an established business by utilising a swap-over system for vehicles. Just drop into the depot and swap vehicles.
Regardless, it's still a MASSIVE increase to operation costs, and you need larger depots to store all those vehicles. As per usual, leftist politics love to push out small and independent business.
you now require multiple cars just to make the same amount of fares, the roi just isn't there
Agreed. Especially in a rising interest rate environment. The age of some of this absurdity may be ending with financial reality looming.
It was supposed to be no one was going to work for them. Well not drive anyways. They were going to replace the drivers with AI. Wonder how that's going.
there's that year again
Uber decides to stop existing.
I'll just use a taxi, thanks. Will never support uber.
Don't like taxis. Drivers are too creepy. I'll take my chances with a random person, lol
Glorified hitch-hiking. Either I pay for traditional modes of transport, or I walk/hitch-hike with fuck-all, there's never been any in-between for me.
No one who can afford an EV is going to want to work for them as any kind of driver, anyway. And considering how much it costs to replace a battery ... one might not be wanting to use their little runabout as a work-bot. Gophering and taxiing are very hard on a vehicle.
Retards. If they follow through with this they'll ruin the company.
Hopefuly the billions of dollars flowing in from venture capitalists to keep them in business dries up by then .
Most excellent. It will just further hamper their profitability. Sadly, I fear that this will quickly be reversed.
GSE pandering for funding
Uber loses majority of their drivers in 2039
A while ago, they were saying they were going to replace drivers by 2025. Oops.
Filed under: I'll believe it when I see it.
But I don't want to burn.
If the VIN says it's electric, it's electric.