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Why not ride an e-bike that one mile to the grocery store and go more often instead of needing to haul 50lbs in one trip. Also, it’s the year 2023 it is easier
by wyre 3y ago
Why not ride an e-bike that one mile to the grocery store and go more often instead of needing to haul 50lbs in one trip.
Also, it’s the year 2023 it is easier than ever to get a tv delivered to your front door without you needing to haul it anywhere.
I’m ready for your excuses.
- dragontamer 3y ago> Also, it’s the year 2023 it is easier than ever to get a tv delivered to your front door without you needing to haul it anywhere. Is it really better for the environment to double-up on all the packaging and have an even heavier truck (that has worse emissions and even worse tire-wear / microplastic creation) than the car that weighs like 1/4th the weight of the truck? That's what I mean by the "last mile" problem. The alternative, big trucks that consolidate deliveries, isn't a clear cut win either.
- wyre 3y agoOne heavy truck is still better in aggregate than many personal cars. I don’t have the numbers, but when transportation is the biggest cause of GHG emissions and microplastic pollution consolidating that transportation to as few vehicles as possible will always work out to less pollution than the status quo.