I think chances are 10% in our lifetime (which I estimate to be about 2100 AD at the latest, given medical advances). Almost all of that percentage is based on the very real possibility of personal vertical-takeoff flying craft largely piloted by computer.
Our roadways are going nowhere. We've had internal combustion now for well over a century and cities and the economic infrastructure of America were built at the whim of that pavement. They might be altered somewhat (I've come up with a great idea to ease the fuel crunch using a technology based on the principle of drafting) but roadways will always be there.
As for telephone poles, their time is nigh but I hope a forward-thinking city planner devises to keep them because all those man hours spent surveying, erecting and splicing could become quite handy someday for reasons we might have a hard time understanding or forseeing right now.
Also, They're turning more from eyesore to quaint even as we speak...
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I think chances are 10% in our lifetime (which I estimate to be about 2100 AD at the latest, given medical advances). Almost all of that percentage is based on the very real possibility of personal vertical-takeoff flying craft largely piloted by computer.
more than that- at least 40 percent.
Our roadways are going nowhere. We've had internal combustion now for well over a century and cities and the economic infrastructure of America were built at the whim of that pavement.
They might be altered somewhat (I've come up with a great idea to ease the fuel crunch using a technology based on the principle of drafting) but roadways will always be there.
As for telephone poles, their time is nigh but I hope a forward-thinking city planner devises to keep them because all those man hours spent surveying, erecting and splicing could become quite handy someday for reasons we might have a hard time understanding or forseeing right now.
Also, They're turning more from eyesore to quaint even as we speak...
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