tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653076503390223739.post1298347414012589168..comments2024-01-14T22:20:03.303-08:00Comments on Dave Toke's green energy blog: Four plausible reasons why driverless cars might not be very greenDr David Tokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320320595200443205noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653076503390223739.post-56593016220674981282017-08-26T01:08:20.512-07:002017-08-26T01:08:20.512-07:00There's another obvious one: today, if I feel...There's another obvious one: today, if I feel below par (or pissed) I might decide it's not prudent to make a journey at all. My old mum doesn't feel much like driving ever nowadays, so I do her shopping when I'm doing my own - for considerable savings in road-miles. 'Driverless' sounds like a reason to make a load of <i>extra</i> trips<br /><br />You could just stick with the unknown-unknowns point about disruptive innovations. Who <i>knew</i> the M25 was going to be used for radial-plus-arc journeys? That 'medicinal' coca-cola would become the world's best-selling branded refreshment and an agent of US cultural hegemony? That the www, intended for peer-to-peer communications betwen scientists etc, would gain traction via people's appetite for porn ... Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.com