The Future of Transportation

ab0di · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 100 Location: Iowa

I've been scanning some old family photos and found this one of my grandfather and his brothers take around 1905. Is this the future?

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Wildwell · Fission Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 2080 Location: UK

Ah a pony and trap - only well off people had those I'm told, in Europe at any rate. Most people would walk from village to village or from town to town. Trams (light rail) and later trolley buses were in the towns and everything else went by steam train, steam ship or barge.

No, we don't have to go back to pony and traps (unless you want to - I am predicting they might become fashionable in some areas). Light rail, trolley buses, PRT, heavy rail, barge, some air travel and electric cars for the better off.

Pfish · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: The Future of Transportation

Naaaaah, we are all going to driving H14 Hummers.....
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dub_scratch · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: The Future of Transportation

Pherlin · Coal Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 12

I personally feel that Bicycles could become a lot more popular, given the fact that fortunately there are still a great deal of them out there and many of them can last a very very long time as long as they are taken care of. An intresting question to ask though is how many of the less/more consumable parts used on modern Bikes can be made without oil. Tires require rubber, and I don't even know exactly how Bearings and things like that are made...