Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires

Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by leannekim on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:46PM (#20666110)

And it pollutes the environment with plastic trash and exhaust and CO2

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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by xmprt on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:46AM (#20666473)

I get the extra trash from packaging required for delivery but how is it using extra CO2? The driver would be doing the same distance or less than you because they would be doing multiple pickups and dropoffs in a row so they're only contributing a one-way (more like 1.5) whereas you would have to do the roundtrip.

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Re:Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires by esotericn on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:52AM (#20668170)

Delivery packaging is the same as you'd get if you went there in your car.

The appropriate comparison is with cooking at home. Takeaway food is a luxury.

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