Hayabusa Rider
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The fringier use cases will, like all technologies, be the last to implement. Tens of millions of people could benefit from iterative development of existing tech. Just like how the automakers iterated to meet current fuel efficiency standards that they previously described as impossible or the cost of which would hugely burden consumers.
People cannot afford iterative changes in time to meet the ecological deadline. So one solution is to bite the bullet as we did in lesser crises and fund like we did prior wars or economic catastrophes. Vehicles of modular design can be built which are extremely affordable or even free to those not in the stratosphere regarding wealth and income. Once efficiencies increase to make replacement ecologically responsible then we swap parts. In the beginning we can work with hybrid technology and when advances make upgrades prudent, powerplants are replaced. If the cost of this cycle becomes greater than replacement, the vehicle is swapped and the costs subsidized or eliminated as individual circumstances dictate.
It's only money and that is insignificant. I think Bill Gates would give his fortune to save a dying loved one. That's where we are now. Pay or die.
