Some may recall an old Dr Atomic UG comix bit wherein the Doc builds an eco-van with caged chickens in back feeding a fast methane generator to fuel the non-polluting engine. All goes well till Billy Kropotkin spills a bag of whites (amphetamine tablets) into the chicken feed. The birds out-do themselves and Doc A gets a speeding ticket.
Meanwhile, the future of RVs is elsewhere, but their past is all around us. We probably haven’t seen the last of ICE (internal combustion engine) RV platforms, nor the last non-autonomous ones, but the end is near. I foresee mandatory installation of auto-driving packages in ALL road-legal vehicles, and the grandfathering of ICE relics. Steam for transport likely won’t make a comeback – too bad, because of many pros of advanced steam technology. (Most world power is steam generated.) Nope. Soon they’ll all be electric and robotic.
That’s okay. Your rented e-RV auto-spins to your reserved campsite. Your robo-slave hooks you up (power, water, sewer, TV cable), opens the awning, sets out lounge chairs and drinks, erects tents for the kids, chases off raccoons and squirrels, and microwaves the frozen lasagne. Life is good. Of course you were stoned on the drive over. Isn’t everyone.
Bio-diesel will be suppressed, underground, for outlaws only.
