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Which model is better for minimising environmental impacts of all sorts: 1. 50 people all drive from their homes to various stores/pickup points to buy shit, o

• tjoff 4y ago
  First option isn't relevant to the discussion.
  • mikro2nd 4y ago
    Fair enough, but a similar, albeit lesser impact, scenario holds if there's a localish (but not close enough to walk) dropoff point. (anecdata: My closest dropoff point is a 40 minute drive each way.)
    • tjoff 4y ago
      It does not, by a longshot. Because most people wander from their home at some point, regularly even. Pick a spot near a location that is close to where you will be going regardless (which for most people most of the time will be very close to their home anyway, since it is so convenient no matter where you are going). That your closest dropoff is so far away is likely a result of it not being prioritized, due to perhaps home-delivery. Or that you live so far off the grid. Then of course you like home-delivery, but it is being heavily subsidized. Neither is an argument for the default home-delivery I'm talking about.
    • barbazoo 4y ago
      > My closest dropoff point is a 40 minute drive each way. Obviously it's different for you but I'd argue this is not the case for the majority of people. Also I'd say maybe we don't have to rush there as soon as the package arrives. Why not pick it up next time we're there anyway? Let's go one step further, why buy so much shit in the first place. It all comes down to the fact that we've taken on a lifestyle that's extremely convenient and luxurious but doesn't seem to be very sustainable.