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I agree that they are lots of bad things about our excessive consumerism. Given human nature, I don't expect that to change at scale without a world event. Ther
by snarf21 5y ago
I agree that they are lots of bad things about our excessive consumerism. Given human nature, I don't expect that to change at scale without a world event. There is one positive to the deliveries that is often overlooked. The energy used to drive to the store to pick something up and bring it home is generally multiple times more than all energy used to move that item previously. Having a company optimize 10 deliveries in one trip loop can greatly reduce that energy use. Of course, this could be minimized by limiting trips and going shopping when you are already near stores. However, that doesn't match our normal "want it now" patterns. Just saying that there are environmentally worse than things than same/next delivery and that is another variable in the equation.