Nah. That's just not how technology progression works.
When a new tech emerges you go from 0% to 80% implementation in a rapid emergence - the low hanging fruit is easily achieved, before you start to encounter unsolvable problems.
The next 10% takes time and resources, but ultimately achievable in a predictable methodical way.
The next 5% (to 95%) takes decades. Iterations. Upstarts. Dead ends. Break throughs.
As you approach 100% implementation the time and resources required increases exponentially and you just might not ever get there.
If a 100% implementation is a service that someone could rely on to be competitive with a skilled and experienced artist, then to me it seems entirely likely that will not happen in the foreseeable future.
Yeah but... as an 80s kid my dream job was going to be one of those guys that ride around on the back of the truck. I remember my mum trying to talk me out of it because it would be hard work having to run to pick up the bins.
I also remember the day when the robotic arm truck showed up... I was genuinely disappointed.
Each city is responsible for it's own waste management. Mine has 3x channels: green waste for biodegradable anything, recyclables, and everything else.
The recyclables are a furphy though because, you can put anything plastic or paper in them, but ofc it's really only the PET plastic and the cardboard that actually gets recycled - the rest just goes to land fill.
We have a separate system for specific PET bottles vendors charge $0.10 per bottle, and you can return the bottles to a collection place to get that back.
We did have a separate system for soft plastics like plastic bags or whatever but that pretty much just wasn't viable.
Rant triggered: we've aparently stopped single use plastics like takeaway boxes, plastic bags, and plastic cuttlery, but IMO that's really just a fig leaf for companies that ship products in plastic packaging. It really shits me.
Additional rant: producers of plastic products like garbage bags have started this bullshit "ocean plastics" thing. They claim 50% or whatever of their bullshit bags are made from "ocean plastic" which they define as recycled plastic obtained from any community within 50km of the ocean (the vaaaast majority of Australians) which has no other plastic collection program. So basically... they charge city councils to disappear their plastic waste and then charge idiots to buy their "ocean plastic" garbage bags.
I think this is true, but id add that most socialist societies we have seen have been awful. Lots of corruption and poverty. Turns out whichever system you have there will be evil scumbags seeking to self-enrich.
Thats not to say it couldn't work, but that there are no shining examples of success and lots of examples of failure.
Yeah I think of this too. I worry that they're not really an ecologically sound food source - i think it takes a lot of water to grow a cashew because of the fruit, which is discarded.
Yes, larger vehicles have become available over time, but smaller vehicles have also become available. There is no progression towards everyone driving larger vehicles, at least not outside of the US.
The family sedans or wagons parked in most driveways and garages haven't changed significantly in size, but they have become significantly safer and more economical.
Yes, but will any of Trump's supporters really care what may be in the original documents if a doctored set released by the administration provides cover?
I'm loathe to advocate for cars but, seeing as you asked - when you're in a car and you have an accident you don't get smeared all over the road like a meat crayon because... the much heavier vehicle protects you.
That said, bikes are far superior in terms of safety. Larger wheels, larger wheel base, more stable load configuration, reduced threat to pedestrians in some ways.
Meh. In a few more years everyone will know someone who has been permanently disfigured from an accident on one of these death traps and no one will want to ride one.
I feel like this wasn't the first straw, so to speak.