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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by plankers on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:04AM (#31750312)
you're both acting like people drive less when they get things delivered to their home. this is not true and i'm pretty sure you know it.
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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by onphonenow on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @01:46PM (#31756560)
Just from my side once we switched more to delivery we are driving a TON less.

We used to go a few cities over for some thing, whole foods for example not in our city so we'd go over to it to grab some stuff, then to target for a few things etc etc. All that driving has evaporated - we are cooking at home more too.

"i'm pretty sure you know it."

Please cite something rather than ascribing a (false) view to someone else. I don't know your "fact" because it seems like you are lying based on my direct experience.

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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by criley2 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:20AM (#31751408)
it is literally true

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/what-if-more-people-bought...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-05/americans...

I'm sure you can find a thousand articles/discussions online about the math behind how driving cars to stores is significantly more polluting than "salesman problem"ing a single delivery truck.

Bonus: it's far easier to electrify or improve 1 delivery truck than it is the 100 cars it's displacing.

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