The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes
According to the American Trucking Association, there are some 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States alone.
That’s 3.5 million people who may lose their jobs once driverless trucks hit the roads in full force… which appears to be in the not-too-distant future.
Tech Crunch reports that a convoy of these trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived without incident at their destination at the Port of Rotterdam for 75% cheaper than it would have cost had human beings been driving them:
Shipping a full truckload from L.A. to New York costs around $4,500 today, with labor representing 75 percent of that cost. But those labor savings aren’t the only gains to be had from the adoption of driverless trucks…
A large part of the economic efficiency boost will include the fact that driverless trucks never get tired and can drive for 24 hours straight non-stop, whereas humans obviously need to eat, take pee breaks, and sleep. Drivers are restricted by law from driving more than 11 hours a day and are required to take breaks each day. “That means the technology would effectively double the output of the U.S. transportation network at 25 percent of the cost,” Tech Crunch explains.
In addition, truck drivers drive faster because they are paid by the mile and they’re trying to get more done, a situation which throws fuel efficiency out the window in a way that won’t happen with robotrucks which will drive at a steady, set pace the entire trip. There are many ways that robotrucks will enhance the efficiency of the entire trucking industry… but, glaringly, those ways don’t involve humans having jobs.
The list goes on and on but the message is clear: robots and AI are here and millions of people, from factory workers to front desk clerks to truck drivers, are going to have their entire livelihoods yanked away. How are so many people going to be able to put food on the table and pay their rent when there are no jobs for them to get paid to do so?
That’s one percent of the population right there just… unemployed…
Perhaps that’s why law enforcement is training so hard for martial law.
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Melissa Dykes is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheepleand a co-creator of Truthstream Media with Aaron Dykes, a site that offers teleprompter-free, unscripted analysis of The Matrix we find ourselves living in. Melissa also co-founded Nutritional Anarchy with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper, a site focused on resistance through food self-sufficiency. Wake the flock up!
The last I heard, driverless vehicles still had a lot of bugs to be worked out. Unless a lot of progress has been made, they have trouble in bad weather, dealing with potholes, and with various unexpected situations.
Also, I’d think driverless trucks would be more vulnerable to being sabotaged or robbed. Obviously they’ll have cameras on them, but it’s not hard to wear hoods and masks.
Meanwhile, 3 million new jobs are created in the “Driverless Truck Security” field.
Truckers/Teamsters are not going to sit around quietly.
Also, wait until dockworkers refuse to load or unload any driverless truck and container ships start being serviced at the docks.
Things will not go as planned…
“That means the technology would effectively double the output of the U.S. transportation network at 25 percent of the cost,”
With numbers like that, you can bet that a lot of people are working hard to make it a reality.
“…robots and AI are here and millions of people, from factory workers to front desk clerks to truck drivers, are going to have their entire livelihoods yanked away.”
Not so fast. The A.I. and bot workforce seems like a C.E.O.’s dream right now, but that’s because they’re only applying it to the present economic model.
After the economic collapse, we will, out of necessity, become an agrarian economy once again. That’s means much less being shipped anywhere, and absolutely no demand for all the things they’re dreaming of building now with robots.
I see a lot of bots standing around with nothing to do, and still needing to be oiled (maintained). People around the world will be squeezing a living out of their backyard gardens, and if there’s any work, it won’t be for people or companies that can afford robots.
Mass production will end, and it won’t matter who drives the trucks, because they’ll be parked. There’s simply won’t be any need for convoys of trucks going anywhere.
You’ll see people going back to horses and buggies, because it’s a sustainable form of transportation. Robots can’t reproduce themselves, nor live on hay. All of the big corporations that are moving to robotics to fire their workforce, won’t have any customers.
You’re going to watch your car, your cell-phone and iPod rust, because you won’t have a computer after your present one dies, nor all of the gadgets associated with it. (no more mp3’s, digital photography, or texting nonsense).
Since the technology exists, some rich people will always have it, if they survive the revolution, but it won’t be mass-produced because there won’t be a market for it.
All your machines and gadgets requires a logistical train of replacement parts, repairmen, and often petroleum products. Kiss all of that stuff good-bye, because there won’t be a big enough market to keep ’em all in business. Prepare to go Amish, for at least a decade until new economies, manufacturers, and trading partners are established.
If you’re looking for a new line of work, I think there will be a big demand for blacksmiths once again. Gather up all the tools now.
Gotta get that garden going.
The difference is we still have to make technology work for us.
In local and private food production.
If we prepare now …when shtf..it will be less of a shock.
Remember everything comes from the Sun.
Like my Dad would say.
Laziness will kill you.