From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, Questor yelped out that:   
      
   > There is still the issue of power.  Electric drones need to be recharged.   
   > That means either an electric grid or solar.  The latter might be feasible   
   > with swappable battery packs.  Conventional liquid fuels (gasoline et. al.)   
   > require a distribution network, which leads us back to needing roads.   
      
   Both types can be serviced at a hub location, so the road can end where   
   it probably already ends.   
      
   And obviously, planes have providing bush service in Africa since the   
   days of Antoine de  Saint-Exupéry, and probably earlier.  The expense   
   of that must be big enough to not support a lot of villages.  Ask   
   Doctors Without Borders about gaps in plane coverage, as I bet it   
   effects their efforts.   
      
   And drone pilots require a lot fewer hours of training, less rigorous   
   medical requirements, and can probably sleep in the same bed (their   
   own) every night.   
      
   I think current drones can probably be well utilized to provide support   
   for medical clinics:  rapid delivery of vaccines and antivenoms,   
   returning with bio samples to a lab at the hub.  The occasional   
   non-medical priority payload will fill out the schedule.   
      
   /dps   
      
   --   
   "That's a good sort of hectic, innit?"   
      
   " Very much so, and I'd recommend the haggis wontons."   
                   -njm   
      
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