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What kind of cars will the grandkids be driving?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Rokeby, Aug 14, 2011.

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  1. garglo

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    the Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 From Wikipedia
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Wikipedia does state that, but no date was ever explicitly stated in any of the episodes. The 2062 date is inferred from a reference suggesting that the show takes place 100 years into the future. Given that the year was 1962, that gives us the 2062 date.

    Tom
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Ever the optimist....I think that 2062 will be pretty cool, but I don't see "The Jetsons". We have 50 years to go.....so you never know. ;)
     
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  4. Rokeby

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    There is a very, very remote thinking-outside-the-box possibility:

    Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity?
    A Scenario Analysis
    Department of Geography, Department of Meteorology Penn State Univ.
    NASA Planetary Science Division

    ETI Visit.jpg

    WIth any luck the ETI visitors would be of the beneficial kind, and wouldn't eat us.
    They might be up to speed on vehicular applications of anti-gravity technology
    for terrestrial vehicles.

    Yeah, pretty mundane stuff for ETI. Maybe it would be so prosaic they'd give it to us
    as an engineering/economic give-away.

    Then the grand kids might drive Star Wars type speeders/transporters.

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    X-34 Landspeeder

    Civilian-ized versions, a la the Hummer, of:

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    AT-RT

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    Speeder Bike

    And if the beneficial ETI arrival happens before 2062, Jetson-type
    transportation would be feasible as well. :p
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    "The main proof that there is inteligent life out there is they
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    -Calvin (to Hobbes) and he probably lifted it from somebody else... :D
     
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    Realistically I see the cars of 2025 being very similar to what we drive today. They will be mostly ICE but will use turbocharged 3 and 4 cylinder engines with direct injection and stop/start technology. Full hybrids and electric cars will still be a minority but a larger percentage than what we see today.

    At least that is the strategy being put forth by automakers to meet the 2025 CAFE requirement of 54.5 mpg.
     
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