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Grocery Delivery Lowers Carbon Dioxide Emissions Over Individual Trips

Posted by Unknown on from the can't-beat-bicycles dept.

vinces99 writes "Those trips to the store can take a chunk out of your day and put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But now University of Washington engineers have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store. Trucks filled to capacity that deliver to customers clustered in neighborhoods produced the most savings in carbon dioxide emissions, but there are even benefits with delivery to rural areas."

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  1. Re:Particular diet. by prionic6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All foods are atheist. At least, I've never met or heard of any food that claimed that it believed in a god.

    Depends on your definition of "food".

  2. Re:Only true for a small portion of the world by goodmanj · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some stores offer delivery after you pay at the register

    Worst of both worlds, energy-wise: you burn gas driving to the store and back, and then the store's truck burns gas to deliver to you. This isn't having your cake and eating it too: this is having your cake and then throwing it away and getting another cake.

  3. Re:Only true for a small portion of the world by xelah · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not if the reason you're doing it is because you don't own a car, and yet live within walking distance.