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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/environmental-impact-of-amazon-prime https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/environmen... it's not

• kelnos 6y ago
  I imagine I'm atypical, but if I had to drive somewhere to pick up my online orders, my monthly car trips would go up between one and two orders of magnitude. But I do order a decent quantity of things on Amazon (for non-urgent things I use the "Amazon day" delivery option to help reduce their trips), and generally dislike driving and try to drive as little as possible (1-3 trips per week; pre-covid I could go weeks without driving). I'd be curious to know what the environmental numbers are for someone like me.
  • abdullahkhalids 6y ago
    You are not accounting for behavior change. Before the online ordering era, most people never went non-grocery shopping more than once a month. And did all that shopping in one big trip. Once you think decide that all highly environmentally-destructive actions are not even an option on the table, your behavior changes.
    • kelnos 6y ago
      That's a good point. Non-grocery items were a special trip, were rare, and usually involved months worth of purchases.