I'm willing to pay an extra $ or two when buying something while I'm in town anyway, rather than to have the delivery van come all the way out to my place. The van probably uses 1-4x more fuel than if I were to go out and get that one item.
When I buy online I try to look for seller that either:
- Allow me to pick the item up myself when I'm in the city, or
- Send it through the post office, not by a delivery company.
#2 is because the delivery van uses fuel to get all the way to my door/mailbox, while the mailman/postperson rides a bicycle. Or I can bike to the post office and pick it up myself. Now
that saves fuel.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is
where you're going, not
how fast.
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