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0 pointsjampekka1y ago0 comments

The resistors to your local store have to go through logistics as well. And doing the last mile yourself is a lot more inefficient than a post service doing it.

Transport is also quite small fraction of most products' environmental costs.

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1over1371y ago· 2 in thread

>And doing the last mile yourself is a lot more inefficient than a post service doing it.

How do you figure?

walls1y ago

One guy driving a route between 100 places is probably more efficient than 100 people all driving to and from a place.

1over1371y ago

Ah, you're assuming the customer is driving a car. That had skipped my mind, but this story is about the USA so it's probably a valid assumption.

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