Would it be less energy expenditure than a delivery van making multiple stops on its way to deliver you your bag of chips?
Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.
Fluke@lemm.ee 10 months agoWhile people will undoubtedly take the piss, for a number of reasons, it’s less energy expenditure / lower footprint than you getting in your car/truck and going to the store and getting them yourself.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 10 months ago
If you factor in all the logistics and systems necessary to run the drone operations and all associated functions, is it likely to be much of a saving?
I could see something like this as useless for medical prescription delivery, but that comes with its own issues and dangers.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Yeah, almost definitely. Even if those systems have a relatively high power draw, they’re still not being powered by a low efficiency ice engine but are being powered by a grid that’s only getting greener. Also factor in the fact that a car+person is minimum about 1100kg that needs to be transported as opposed to the often 500ish g items needed plus the weight of the drone