How Drones Could Change The Shipping Industry

Today, container ships transport more than 90% of all goods in the world, but it can take over a month for those goods to sail from Beijing to New York. Cargo drones could be the disruption needed in a global supply chain that has been largely unchanged since the 1950s.
By land, trucks move nearly 71 percent of all freight tonnage in the United States, but there's a shortage of truck drivers in the United States. So how do you speed up shipments while keeping personnel low? The future of shipping looks very much unmanned.
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How Drones Could Change The Shipping Industry

[@matthewconnor5483]

Think this video really failed to make the distinction between last mile delivery to the end consumer and bulk shipping to regional facilities.

[@Emilthehun]

exactly. They trying to make it sound like container ships will be replaced by drones 😂

[@Mastergraduate]

True.

[@sebsunda]

Drones are very useful for fast delivery to remote location or last mile delivery of light to medium weight cargo. Aside from that, I don't see this industry blowing up the way they present it mainly because of cost.

[@kaijuuARH]

true

[@donaldkenne3776]

@@Emilthehun depends on the size of the drone. Technically you could theoretically turn something like a Dreamlifter into drones.

[@vineethii5278]

Online retail shopping delivery is not same as large scale overseas shipping logistics. You are trying to compare elephants to oranges.

[@alonknaan4536]

Yep, that's totally accurate. This video is confusing and doesn't make sense

[@sokoyaadedolapo5321]

You're right there isn't any distinction here

[@louieg7676]

This could be the future of shipping. In the past when the computer can take up a whole room of space, the idea of owning a computer on your house was seen as ridiculous. Now we have portable computers and smartphones. I know they are different comparisons but I guess you get the point. Technology is improving everyday and what seems impossible today might be possible in the future.

[@vineethii5278]

louie gargar I will be more interested if this was a discussion regarding radical new propulsion technology, than a conventional platform claiming to change the world.

[@arijitguha6794]

Or trying to compare kilogram to instagram

[@rudge3speed]

Drones everywhere, they would sound like a swarm of mosquitoes.

[@patricksanders858]

Patents have just been filed for quieter props.

[@bingosunnoon9341]

@@patricksanders858 Fifty years ago. Quiet props are not new.

[@JoonParkSeoul]

Not sure how 1.6 billion in 2027 is considered distruptive

[@paintedbird6791]

unless drones can carry 40' container, you can forget about wider usage. think about city area swarm with thousands of drones carrying boxes.

[@randall172]

drones that can already exist.

[@ettorefieramosca5460]

@@randall172 Can you link the drone that Can carry 40 containers

[@justicewarrior9187]

SUPER ANTONOV NUCLEAR POWERED DRONES!!! MASSSSSSSIVE

[@ninjaman96]

Automated trucks are going to end up taking over for shipping containers. It's going to be a train on a road where you need just one driver for a handful of trucks that will follow the driver. If any breakdown, the truck driver can attend to any of the trucks following. Tesla, Volvo and other companies are developing this tech. Drones are ideally for small packages, but automation will make shipping overall cheaper whether it be air, land, or sea.

[@justicewarrior9187]

@@ninjaman96 Well of course they will!! I love seeing trucks crossing the pacific! Funny thing.. They never come back

[@isra3638]

The reason there’s a shortage truckers in the U.S is because you Americans don’t pay well to your drivers and you treat them harsh . Comes from a truck driver in the U.S .

[@robosergTV]

and why should they pay more? Do you understand how the economy works by supply and demand?

[@Geywilliamjohnson432]

RobosergTV well if there is a shortage of supply surely the demand and earning of truck drivers will increase

[@robosergTV]

@@Geywilliamjohnson432 as you can see they will just automate trucks, not raise the pay.

[@617edoub]

@@robosergTV because you're taking time from your family to bring supplies to cities.

[@bogdanivchenko3723]

Same with pilots.

[@elireloaded]

*July 2019:* * There's a huge bottleneck with pilots, pilot resources are a problem * *March 2020:* * Coronavirus: Let me introduce myself *

[@steliotaspalioprosi974]

Best investment in the future?HELMETS!👷

[@paulborneo7535]

I notice that the weather is perfect where delivery drones are used. I want one here because I love perfect weather!

[@alborg4607]

looks like I'm gonna get my FUCKMASTER PRO9000 faster than ever. thank you, drones

[@wealthiness]

Should have gotten 9099 it has an easy-clean system due to a no drip seamen collection tray.

[@adityakrishnamd2314]

LMFAO👌😂😂🤣🤣GOLD!

[@DocentUSA]

LOOOOOL

[@davidwebster2616]

trying to visual a blow-up doll already blown up...being carried by a drone past all your neighbors as its being dropped off at your door. "It's not mine baby, I swear" (Austin Powers)

[@DTWTheWanderingMuzungu]

My package will almost come faster than I do.

[@SimFoxSim]

Most inept piece of journalism I've seen in a looong time! The author seems to be totally ignorant of the basics!

[@Inpreesme]

They compare less than 5 pound shipping to semi trucks and shipping containers like they’re all on equal footing, what are they trying to promote here besides filling in time to the easily entertained They can’t discern the difference between the three

[@Bostonite1985]

Decades ago dial phones fitted in a car was promoted by the media as the 'technology of the future'. CNBC is doing exactly the same by promoting these drone deliveries. These online journalists have never seen the large quantity of goods inside a large 22 tyre truck or a cargo ship.

[@davidford694]

The first container ship was owned by the White Pass and Yukon Railway, and worked out of Vancouver. Admittedly Canadian, so by definition could not have been first. Reminds me of Alexander Mackenzie, who made it across North America 13 years before the vaunted Lewis and Clark, who by the way had a map, made by another Canadian, David Thompson. Bet you never heard of either of them.

[@Jmartphilly]

There is no truck driver shortage. Pay drivers more.

[@jensjensen9035]

Justin Martin sauce ?

[@Jmartphilly]

Basic market economics?

[@g4fun458]

but bussines owner think, pay they less for more profit 😅😅😅😅

[@Jmartphilly]

Muhammad Yuda In the short term that might work. Large truck companies have incredibly turnover due to low wages, hence the “driver shortage” you’ll hear them complain about. Companies that pay their drivers well have no shortage of drivers. The companies that can’t keep drivers due to high turnover are having a hard time fulfilling their customers needs and will continue losing business as a result.

[@xacute2937]

I’ll pay you more. Come work for my company.

[@ArturoDiBernardo]

Fully automatic drones... Drug dealers likes this.

[@cosme2032]

Drone by Shooting 😂😂😂

[@tomash_354]

We have automatic drones today. It is no problem for a drug dealer to use them. But I believe it is not that easy

[@machinist7230]

I think theyre already been caught using them to ship drugs over the Mexican border.

[@willyam9735]

@@tomash_354 Plus as transport of drugs by drone grows so does anti-drone technology for law enforcement! For every action these is a reaction!

[@willyam9735]

@Bartô N I like that there is the option to reduce the cost of shipping by choosing slower shipment. I don't need everything delivered rippity zip! I will leave that to the impatient, gotta have it now, instant gratification people!

[@davidpedder9048]

Can we imagine our airspaces packed full of small drones. It's only a matter of time before a major air accident. Our airspaces is all ready crowded as it is now !!!

[@chaitanyaramisetti5309]

imagine of all sudden when you look at sky and a container falling above your head,, lol.

[@rvoight92]

If there's a shortage of truck drivers and pilots, it just means that we need to pay them more.

[@willyam9735]

Plus put less restrictions on them (except for total drive time before rest)!

[@christopherchavis710]

Best answer I’ve ever seen

[@pflernak]

Apparently there is an entry barrier to making money as a pilot. High number of flight hours before you can take on the well paying jobs.

[@Krackerlack]

I think the largest barrier to entry for pilots is the cost. You have go like 70 grand in debt to start flying for regional airlines, which pay you peanuts compared to the cost of getting a license

[@Elgringo2180]

No. Horrible idea, they get paid enough.

[@GooberProductionz]

Umanned 747's and controlled remotely sounds like they could eventually get hacked.

[@RuilinLinRyan]

It is not entirely autonomous and is essentially autopilot. The plane will not be online the whole flight but may establish a connection when needed. That minimizes the window of opportunity for hacking and is very unpredictable but not impossible.

[@Jab_Reel]

9/11 The sequel

[@bigdickmcgee3293]

9/11 part 2 electric bugaloo

[@geoffreyanderson4719]

eventually ?

[@themidgetsman]

The current plane could get hacked, all of it is run by computer no analog sticks on most newer planes.

[@08wolfeyes]

An issue i see when it comes to drone shipping or other deliveries is the weather. I understand that weather has an effect of shipping too, i live near a shipping port myself and fully understand the issues that has to deal with. With drones, however, weather can be a real issue.

[@edmundyip2568]

One day, your going to wake up with a cargo container falling from the sky

[@sks762auto]

*you're

[@1Ocqueoc]

Train vs Truck freight ... its hard to determine those numbers because they are so interconnected. Those trailers and containers are still hauled by truck to and from the rail yards.

[@jasonoutman420]

Not always

[@digitaldistribution487]

1.Air 2.Good distance 3.heavy load. Pick 2

[@johnpetun1180]

DigitalDistribution why can’t I pick 1 or 3

[@lucasa.8223]

Good observation

[@localvic]

There is going to be a hell of a lot more high powered frequency waves passing through our bodies in the future. I just wonder when and where the first cargo drone will crash.

[@txkflier]

Imagine what it'll be like when the sky is full of delivery drones buzzing around at 1000 feet or less. They conveniently fail to play the sound of four or more propellers buzzing like crazy. Also, what kind of coordination is it going to take for Amazon to deliver something to your house? Obviously, they'll need to know when you'll be there. Their drone can't just drop your package in the middle of your front yard and leave. Tell me how this is ever going to work?

[@Sulfen]

They need to build tunnels between major city hubs and just set up a rail system with unmanned trains moving through them as fast as the Japanese bullet trains.

[@barryd86]

You’re talking about a hyperloop my friend.

[@Sulfen]

@@barryd86 Yes I am, I didn't know there was a thing but it looks like Tesla is on it :D

[@EarthWasHere]

Sulfen pretty sure trains carrying tons at that speed would be dangerous.

[@CreatingAlong]

@@EarthWasHere Do you know how many people a typical Japanese passenger train holds? "Shinkansen cars, the standard 16-car train can carry more than 1,300 passengers." So at minimum without the passengers you would have the weight requirements to carry at least 130,000 pounds of cargo.

[@WynnofThule]

​@@CreatingAlong 130,000lbs is actually like nothing, single heavy axle rail cars can hit 315,000lbs.

[@occonnerwilderness8923]

Amazon has to pay taxes before they get drones😂

[@victimology7761]

and this comment has just 18 likes. That's sad.

[@joesterling4299]

@@victimology7761 If YT showed dislikes, you'd find your bigger number.

[@geoffreyanderson4719]

i pay sales tax whenever i buy at amzn. why dont you pay sales tax, and how?

[@occonnerwilderness8923]

Trump cut taxes for himself n the rich, now Amazon n others pay NOTHING in federal tax.

[@josephcalabrese6337]

This video got it's predictions so wrong at 09:09. They could never have predicted COVID-19 back in 2019. Go figure?

[@ThinkSleepLeave]

The proposed convoy system with Tesla semi trucks can really solve the truck driver issue. 3 trucks without driver following the 4th driver driven truck is ingenious!

[@TRPGpilot]

C'est n'importe quoi.

[@azra3234]

If there is a shortage of drivers y is the pay going down shouldn't it be going up.

[@datazero7795]

azra 323 lol at these boomers with their 30 year old economic knowledge that’s 100% useless now. Trucking is low skill labor, you’re paid what the market believes you’re worth.

[@derickshalo384]

When a drone can carry a container load (20,000kg), then I’ll pay attention.

[@Techbros53]

😭😭😭😭

[@3Dimencia]

what i like is that instead of delivering it at your door so someone could steal it, ppl can just build or buy some pre-fab drone pad that you could install at your house roof, and the drone can deliver it there, of course youd have to create some kind of small roof hatch to get the package without having to step out on the roof.

[@TamimLB]

When I’m older I want to start a business that manufactures car drones. A drone that you drive around and can hold up to 5 people with luggage. Imagine flying to work.

[@shishirs2007]

They can start a done flight corridor ..Just like regular flight corridor.

[@xluyyjhfg]

Seems simple enough!

[@doctoroctos]

This is why a degree in journalism has general education classes, and should include some basic physics.

[@WillN2Go1]

Repeatedly mentioned was a shortage of pilots. U.S. Commercial airlines chopping pilot wages, especially in the smaller divisions. If drones are safe, no problem. But if there's any downside because some carrier said, "we had to switch to drones because we couldn't find pilots (willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars and hours being trained and certified and then work for minimum wage)" then it's just another aspect of the current impossible question, How can we sell stuff to people when we pay our employees less and less? Also shipping isn't cost per ton, it's cost per ton per mile (or kilometer). Maybe this is somehow factored out.

[@3089280288]

The same thing with commercial drivers. No raise in pay but more regulation on the drivers

[@donspartan841]

Well done innovators for making delivering easier and faster

[@syarizansulaiman6554]

What about safety flying over residential building ? Not all drones 100% in good condition

[@starventure]

Adam Wade Rob a delivery truck, one person might die. Crash a delivery drone into a busy highway, tens of people could get killed. The insurance companies are acutely aware of this, which is why delivery drones are going to be scrutinized by the underwriters to get insured. Commercial aircraft sized drones haven’t a prayer of getting underwritten.

[@alonknaan4536]

CNBC - I usually love these kinds of videos, but this one is pretty darn upsetting. Firstly, as so many people have pointed out, you are not making a distinction between huge freight and last mile deliveries to homes. Additionally, you briefly touch on a ton of different bold subjects/claims/statements without actually making consistent point and explaining everything overall.

[@bootypopper237]

good one cnbc, cause all we need is a bunch of drones making really loud buzzing sounds 24. have you heard how loud a regular drone is? imagine that but 10 times louder

[@unclemarky3]

holaaa excelente video desearía que continuen haciendo este metarial¡¡¡!!! Voy a seguir mirando sus creaciones. Les mando un saludo nos estamos viendo 🤞🏽👍🏽

[@mohacs1000]

As long as it can be made certain the correct person receives the goods and large drones are not shot down for their cargo, I expect to see the skies pretty busy in a few years.

[@pietasveritas1926]

There is no trucker shortage!!

[@AldrichCarrasco]

yes, there are. Working in a transportation company and it's a pain in the ass find qualified drivers

[@veggieboyultimate]

I’ve recently watched a video about bringing back large airships to do carry humanitarian products. Perhaps airships could do the heavier carriage and the drones can do the lighter ones.

[@acampbell2178]

Not really having that "bottleneck of pilots limiting expansion of flights" anymore. Don't believe it was a large factor in the overall cost of air freight anyway. Machine/fuel/weight always biggest factors.

[@justicewarrior9187]

SUPER ANTONOV NUCLEAR POWERED DRONES!!! MASSSSSSSIVE

[@yannikoloff7659]

Antonov right now selling it's last buildings in Kiev and Kharkov. Last order that they took, it was midsize liner, that they couldn't finish. Antonov225 was a Soviet project with cooperation over whole Union. The biggest freight airplanes builded in the world now, it's a Russian now. And only Russia have a nuclear engine now, for missiles.

[@justicewarrior9187]

@@yannikoloff7659 Nuclear engines for missiles?? WHAT????

[@rext8949]

@@justicewarrior9187 It's Putin's pet project. Few months back it exploded and crashed on lifttoff and killed a group of nuclear scientists and laid waste to a few villages in a remote part of Russia.

[@justicewarrior9187]

@@rext8949 Why haven't no one heard about this??

[@rext8949]

@@justicewarrior9187 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyonoksa_radiation_accident. 9M730 BUREVESTNIK nuclear missile.

[@infinitebeing1119]

It's only viable for emergency deliveries only, flying is energy intensive.

[@haidarsyriaismyheart5945]

OK, but there is a big problem here that when there are storms and bad weather.... So it's not the right solution.. I think that I have the right solution 😏

[@pherkads]

Another mode of transportation that would supplement the main modes is Airships. They would carry large loads and can be over land or sea. There were attempts in the past to look into this but they did not persevere.

[@halfbrainj]

Shortage of drivers? BS! There is a lack of wanting to pay a good salary to drivers. The market no longer works!

[@NexGenSlayer]

lmao. these startups are way too high up in the clouds (And I'm not talking about the clouds in the sky)

[@patricksanders858]

Are those per year shipped numbers actually individual point to point shipping or does it also include multi mode shipping?

[@hadynwills3677]

Yeah right! I'm needing a new fridge. 😂😂

[@TheGreatCooLite]

Uhh, they deliver things and don't require labor in the process?

[@MK-fk4kp]

*Why AI is very different from the assembly line* ?!! *AUTOMATION* : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYSummt-m8ire80 *UBI* : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ2Wan5-iJVqjsU AY's UBI is still below the poverty line. People in 21st century don't have to die of hunger or cold to experience hardship to grow character!!! UBI helps people be responsible with money (how they spend). This is a conservative idea, and that's why it's popular amongst conservatives.. UBI forces the FED and government to be fiscally responsible, and not cause another 2008 crisis, to avoid inflation.. UBI enhances personal liberty, financial liberty, social mobility and entrepreneurship!! UBI helps achieve equality of opportunity (not outcome), and level the playing field for those who can't afford to start a business, because they are born in deep poverty. (helps to create lots of small businesses). And thus, massively reduce crime and homelessness. UBI is the only insurance for the survival of capitalism and the human rights and freedoms achieved through it. Automation is increasing exponentially. The new created jobs are LESS in number & HIGHLY TECHNICAL. Reeducation is a joke, and numbers prove it!!! People can't simply start demanding 2000$ UBI because, the majority will be against raising taxes. UBI will be tied to CPI and automation too. UBI already works in Alaska. Finally, many famous economists,bankers and billionaires support the idea. *OPINION* : Anyone who still opposes UBI is an ignorant, a greedy monopolist or a hardcore socialist. (Because I have been debating this for a long time, and didn't see otherwise)

[@S2Tubes]

Labor is expensive an slow.

[@johnj3636]

Blood Angel no- your actually just wrong

[@CockatooDude]

@@MK-fk4kp Yang 2020!

[@michaelxz1305]

hey.. there's a shortage of truck drivers.. that's the only reason they're trying to do this.. right? :D

[@jermainec2462]

I'm very worried about the future ... All these innovations cut workers in all areas drones cut captains trains engineers truck drivers delivery ppl ... What are the normal ppl supposed to do later on the future for a job ... And alot of ppl don't realize this ... Ppl just care about that all mighty dollar smh

[@dinnyardeboo720]

I think western world thrives on profits only theme. The industry captains do not think about impact on economy and labour. These people just want higher profitability, even at the cost of cutting down jobs. Neutron jack was an brilliant example. If this inventions hit the market more people will be driven jobless. How will this jobless people survive or live. Answer is they will resort to crime. Crime will rise to a great extent and to counter crime the rich people will exhort the government to invest in electronic surveillance and even worse they will invest in robotics. So we will one day see a RoboCop patrolling the streets. Then one day the time is not far when robots will become smarter and as depicted in movies, they will try to make humans their slaves. What if one robot comes to an conclusion that humans need to be terminated. Just think about it.

[@kennorway9690]

@@dinnyardeboo720 yeah I've been watching Terminator as well recently, great movie huh ?

[@edvoon]

It won't just be autonomous drones - it will likely be the same transport mix as before - only autonomous. So there will be unmanned cargo ships, trucks, and large cargo drone jets. Rotor drones are only good for the last mile transport - maybe mounted on a drone truck for final delivery - where the truck can cruise along a delivery route while its drones fly out and drop off the small packages. And perhaps cargo rockets can be added to the mix for large fast intercontinental and interstellar deliveries if SpaceX manages to get Starship working.

[@upclosevideo]

Can’t wait to see the size of the drone that picks up a shipping container 😱

[@wida2775]

Like on description, the main idea is how to keep personel low.

[@arthurjin0722]

Still think drones flying around is not that safe...

[@robosergTV]

still safer then humans drive a car

[@arthurjin0722]

RobosergTV That’s on the road where u can expect traffic...if it’s in the air, It can be anywhere? Unless they have “Delivery Route”

[@arthurjin0722]

James Herr Imagine kid or Pets hit by wifi router...drop from at least couple hundred feet? Also, U definitely need a drone that’s bigger than a wifi router by the way.

[@617edoub]

@@arthurjin0722 most likely that's what they're going to do with delivery routes and have drone pilots as a backup should go off route.

[@johnj3636]

Forever Blue lol sorry man what I mean is that with something like a WiFi’s router I could if I wanted to interrupt the GPS or WPS signal to the drone basically making it blind and deaf

[@habddz]

I believe the future is CARRIER HAS ARRIVED. We build a CARRIER which has 10,000 shipping drones. This way, even if earth is attacked by Protoss, their carriers have 8 drones and we have 10,000. which is over 9,000

[@keybrent64]

I like how the first part of this video looks like the Gates of Hell map on DRL.

[@Sol92692]

Truckers and delivery drivers will shoot those out of the sky for sure.

[@gj9157]

"Crashing this drone"

[@sharongillesp]

Whenever there’s talk about a NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS these companies ALWAYS talk about how the poor or unbanked or elderly or rural people are going to be helped by the NEW SYSTEM but they NEVER ARE!

[@WynnofThule]

Yeah you ain't wrong.

[@shawnz3307]

Every time when i saw those trucks stuck in traffic, I know they will become a history soon.

[@canadaman5959]

Imagine thousands of drones delivering 40' containers. Hard to believe it can happen. Especially in the city.

[@NondescriptMammal]

Fortunately, this will never happen.

[@V22D]

Theirs a simple fix, teleporting all packages to customers

[@mattlane2282]

I was just thinking this when I saw the comment XD

[@mightydeathlash2867]

Yes, I think this will be the final frontier. How to build it? That would be a game changer!

[@jamesmurphy9105]

This is stupid People's demands need to slow down Customer Addiction is a Disease

[@justinitsthatguyme010]

Amen

[@justinitsthatguyme010]

It's like apple, they feed a demand for a supply they created demand for (mass us think we needed all the new this and that)

[@maxheadrom3088]

Eric Cartman sent me a video that I really liked ... I'm already benefiting from drones! I must say, also, that Jimmy Valmer texted me warning that "this is an ad". Jimmy knows his stuff!

[@aerials4028]

As a safety precaution there should be “Propeller Guards” on all those drones...

[@joeb.2041]

Well boys and girls, if the future of shipping is drones, by my calculations, the future of shopping is buck shot. Can’t wait to start my Christmas shopping this year. Just shoot everything out the sky!

[@marrqi7wini54]

I'd assume that drones and goods would have codes and tracking devices that would make that far more difficult than just shooting a drone and taking its contents. And your neighbors will likely snitch on you for firing a shotgun in the air anyway. There might be stricter laws for such actions to discourage people from doing that. And more importantly, you are most likely not a sniper and buck shot is not an effective gun for that. You'll likely destroy the goods inside by the fall if gunfire doesn't break what's in it already. Besides a drone can always fly higher than the effective range of a civilian shot gun.

[@johnvonhorn2942]

In a few decades we might be watching "Drone Crash Investigations"

[@cliffordnelson8454]

On small issue, or should a I one very big issue. If you have millions of drones, you start having air traffic control issues, and moving heavy products whose weight could cause lots of damage if it falls, there could be a real insurance issue.

[@user-rv3ef8ji5y]

Was thinking the same thing luv drones however planes have multiple systems of ATC at regional, city and national levels. Same goes with sea, train shipping drones are currently run independently.... Also these companies and gov. Still need to create a management system for flight paths.

[@marcodev3375]

How about teleporting? 1) 3D scanning of stuff at atomic precision. 2) sending file through internet 3) 3D printing the stuff back, at atomic precision too. 4) destroy the original.

[@Photoandcargeek]

Thinking that drones will carry heavy loads is ridiculous. It will take decades for us to get the technology to do that, at the moment there is no electric plane for one single good reason: batteries are not energy dense enough to make electric planes viable and it would be the same for air freight until we find batteries that are light enough to replace fossil fuel in plane applications. What your subject points out is that the US needs more electric trains, desperately! It works well, trains are fast and environmentally friendly in Europe, especially in countries with nuclear power and introducing renewables such at France. The US has an incredibly poor transport infrastructure due to car lobbies. Train is the only solution with today's technology ... electric planes are a distant future (maybe hydrogen fuel cell rather than batteries?).

[@user-tv9rh7sh8o]

The future is teleporting cargos. That is what I call a real technology... Using drones is still a primitive technology...

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

Except teleportation is probably impossible. The limited physics that does allow it would require more power than the Sun produces. Teleportation would also imply time travel as you would be breaking the cosmic speed limit.

[@libank8049]

I like how Hyperloops are the answer to all future transportation issues. Hyperloops work for transporting anything

[@Mang_ulil]

Everytime i watched video about future transportation either goods or people the main issue we face is battery size and weight Reducing battery size for every joules of energy is key to our future transportation

[@WynnofThule]

If only there were some sort of system where instead of storing all it's power onboard, the power could be routed directly into the vehicle as it traveled. Hell, maybe you could hook them together so you only need to use one engine for the whole thing, and you could put it on rails to reduce rolling friction. I think I'm onto something here...

[@paulozeruga8454]

Anyone who tells u shortage of truck drivers is lier! See if truck driver pay went up!

[@rarindam]

Paul Ozeruga They first give this excuse, so that govts dont stop them. And then sacks the drivers, and say govt shouldnt have a say in that. All this so that people like Bezos go on getting richer.

[@Rotorheadfpv]

So they wanna make me flying my rc plane at home illegal so my neighbor can have b.s. delivered by a drone?

[@louiespray]

I need my tube socks this afternoon!

[@nia6849]

Air traffic is 3D whereas land traffic is 2D

[@yurisabrori]

courier drone: me: thanks for the bomb *explode

[@solarasolarwind4323]

Andrew Yang Predictions are coming true!

[@Cris022]

Solara Solarwind Of course they are!

[@jeremylink3489]

Lol drones wil never be the solution to high tonage shippin

[@rext8949]

Future ships will be autonomous.

[@Ari-zp4dd]

Imagine packages waving huge airship holding huge delivery for entire zip code, and being delivered by Srones that launch within the airship ... This is so futuressque

[@keithwaterhouse2845]

Develop the Ekranoplan, carries huge volumes and weight at aircraft speeds cheaply across water but docks like a ship.

[@blackgeneral826]

How about paying truckers better wages

[@c.e.kestner4051]

That is what the Teamster's Union is (was?) all about. Too bad squirrel-mouth Bobby Kennedy went after them. Sirhan, me boy, you were years too late with your marksmanship.

[@ChrisGilliamOffGrid]

If truckers want more money they can quit and get a higher paying job. That's how it works.

[@Bradman175]

Chris Gilliam Man Stuff You say that as if it’s so easy.

[@ChrisGilliamOffGrid]

@@Bradman175 Nothing is easy when it comes to working for a living, but some jobs pay better than others. Lots of demand for welders, plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, etc.. Good paying blue collar jobs are out there.

[@franchocou]

Automation trucking, it's better

[@androidbey]

This is stupid , build Freight rail. We need more Freight Rail period.

[@jermainec2462]

We need more rail period ... Passenger and freight

[@gj9157]

You mean we need high speed rails. We're losing to china when it comes to more advanced railway systems.

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

Space pirates want to steal packages with theft drones that swallow delivery drones.

[@rubixstudios]

Starting a new company we're catching drones and the cargo they hold, forever free :)

[@io_inc]

Seems like programmers are now coming for pilots' jobs, lol

[@laos85]

Gamers!!

[@alvarojunior7692]

Yes make a drone that can carry 40 ton loads 🙄

[@evenfrank5223]

Solar powered drone air freight... Where do i invest?!?

[@saltymonke3682]

You should invest on physics books first, for yourself

[@bbelcher4355]

If you have money to throw away, throw some my way. Just saying...

[@wertytrewqa]

I dont want it to become the new normal to see thousands of drones whenever i look up at the sky

[@Fahnder99]

The comments saved me 9:59 minutes of my lifetime. Thank you, comments!

[@arturobzn]

Less jobs? No thank you, I can wait a little longer for my useless package to arrive...

[@MikeRocks25]

This's one of those ideas that only make sense as an idea. In reality, the weather will always delay thing like this.

[@langohr9613ify]

Hey nice Video. In times of climate chance it would be interesting to add, that drones and airplanes need much more energy than ships and truks.

[@inventor121]

I think cargo drones will be a game changer for rural areas in terms of last mile delivery however I don't see flying taxis and aerial shipping in our future. In cities density is an asset and for most drone networks airspace density (not to mention noise) can become a problem. I imagine that self driving robots will be the first revolution, low speed self driving cars along with higher speed automated public transit (like trains/LRT) has very good potential for fast and economic movement. It will have to be well planned and we will need to replace current automobile based urban planning practices with more pedestrian friendly ones but that will likely be the first revolution, as well as getting human drivers off the roads. These robots will also be found in warehouses, and replace the forklift and the pallet jack. Cargo can also follow similar lines with cargo handling facilities and distribution centres near a rail yard. Large bulk cargo can be moved by automated trucks whereas smaller cargo can move through transport tubes under the city. Aerial delivery is only really economical when the cost of setting up infrastructure is far more than the infrastructure will be used. This applies mostly to rural areas where you may need tens of km of tubes per person/household. But in urban areas you may only need hundreds of meters of tubes per person.

[@marqueswilsonn]

People aren’t entitled to getting things immediately when they what it. Waiting is good for them. It teaches them to plan.

[@aman7196]

Read IEEE articles on this instead of watching this failure to correctly explain this.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Imagine drones failing and landing on you head! Then there is the security risk.

[@u235u235u235]

self driving cars a better option for delivering packages same day than drones.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

I see a lot of value in using self driving cars to do automated deliveries as well. Drones are a single use machine while self driving electric cars car carry passengers and make deliveries. It seems more cost effective. The big problem with drones is the danger of being airborne in a crowded urban area. Unless vendors like Amazon can work out "drone corridors" with minicipalities I don't see how they'll get over the wall of public outrage against the noise and the danger of the drones.