问 HN：有什么小型技术解决方案可以帮助降低油价吗？
1 分•作者: paulnpace•4 天前
柴油价格已接近荒谬的水平。在我看来，这应该是一个实施新技术解决方案的机会。
据我所知，问题的一个重要方面是：
庞大笨重、价格昂贵的铁制运输船在水中航行，却被廉价的远程弹药击毁。
因此，一个通用的解决方案可能是：
转向小型、廉价且数量庞大的运输船，以抵消远程弹药的有效性。
我的外行人概念解决方案：
制造合成的（例如塑料、PVC 等）鳗鱼状、可自行导航的“船只”，通过危险水域进行大批量（数百万艘）运输，并在安全水域回收。
这些“船只”可以像充气包装一样卷成大卷，并使用机械动力（可以是任何简单的电机，由任何动力源驱动，甚至是人力通过曲柄）进行填充。
动力可以由任何可行的方式提供：定时释放船只随潮水漂流；小型帆；太阳能螺旋桨等。速度并不重要，因为数量可以非常庞大，一旦船只被回收，交付的体积将是巨大的。（概念上类似于老话说的“永远不要低估一架装满磁带的 747 的带宽”。）
我提供以上内容，只是希望能激发那些有才华和能力的人们创造出比我们目前拥有的更好的东西，这样我们就不会面临产品（如柴油）价格高昂且严重短缺的真正问题，而我们目前可能正朝着这个方向发展。
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The prices on diesel are approaching ludicrous. In my mind, this should be an opportunity for a new technological solution to be implemented.<p>AFAICT, one significant part of the problem is something like:<p>Huge hulking expensive iron delivery vessels chugging through the water get blown up by inexpensive distant ordinance delivery.<p>Thus, a general solution could be something like:<p>Transition to small, cheap and highly numerous delivery vessels to nullify the effectiveness of distant ordinance delivery.<p>My layperson conceptual solution:<p>Create synthetic (e.g., plastic, PVC, etc.) eel-shaped self-navigating "vessels" that provide delivery in very high volume (millions of such "vessels") through dangerous waters to be recovered in safe waters.<p>These could be manufactured into large rolls, à la inflatable packing, and filled using mechanical power (either any simple motor powered by whatever or even human-powered via crank handle).<p>Drive can be provided by whatever works: time the release of the vessels to go out with a tide current; small sails; solar-powered propellers, etc. Speed does not matter as the quantity can be so high that once the vessels are being recovered the volume being delivered will be massive. (Conceptually similar to the old saw about "never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 full of tape.")<p>I really only provide the above to hopefully inspire people who have the talent and means to create something yet better than what we currently have so that we do not arrive at a very real problem of products such as diesel fuel being not only high in price, but largely unavailable, as we may currently be on course to experience.