Timeline for Why would people in 500+ years' time be using waterways for transport?
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| Jan 27, 2016 at 18:15 | vote | accept | mjr | ||
| Dec 16, 2015 at 21:16 | comment | added | Wingman4l7 | @DA: and it may in the future! Research is being done in using large kites / parafoils with computer-controlled lines to augment the traditional engine power used in cargo shipping. | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 22:07 | comment | added | Steven Kohus | We still ship things today by horse and carriage in some parts of the world - even in fairly large cities. When I visited China, it was quite common to see people transporting things by bicycle in large cities. Assuming boats in the future aren't just for pleasure purposes, I could see it still being economical for many. So I agree with this answer. | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 23:53 | comment | added | DA. | And regarding 'free energy that would replace shipping by water'...note that for a few thousand years, shipping by water was using free energy: wind. | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 21:59 | comment | added | James | Water does the work. | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 21:30 | comment | added | user3082 | This. In fact, put in a nice header: We're the Crazy ones (or out of historical sync). | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 21:01 | history | answered | Samuel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |