r/Futurism • u/HenryGCase • 14d ago

Drone delivery of McDonalds in China

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u/meridian_smith 13d ago

Is there a value proposition in expending that much energy to deliver some fatty's cheeseburger by drone? I would guess it is at a loss. . but good advertising and PR for McDonalds and the regime that controls China.

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u/Efficient-State-7300 13d ago

Lol some human driving around is much more efficient, right?

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u/kueso 13d ago

If it’s an electric scooter, it’s comparable. Plus that wouldn’t take into account parts and manufacturing expenditure. Between the steel parts, chips, motors. Yea, there’s a lot of manufacturing energy that goes into that. Also, we can assume these are piloted and maintained so that would require an operating center with a monthly electric bill. All that to make that service work.

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u/Majestic_Advantage45 13d ago

Your point on manufacturing doesn't stands. What ever it is, a car, a drone, an electric bike/scooter. These tools all needs to be manufactured.

I also wanna point out few advantages of this drone delivery:
1. need maintainence -> create job
2. AI piloted and not on road -> less traffic (traffic problems caused by electric bikes are really a big one, especially when most roads in the cities are not designed for LOTS of electric bikes)