> I'd pay good money NOT to have it delivered to my home
Amazon lets you deliver stuff to automated lockers in various high traffic places like what you mention.
Also some delivery services will let you specify a shop or something where you can have your package delivered instead of your home.
> Such unimaginable waste driving around to every single home needing delivery
Unless the deliveries are to high population density locations with a high density of pickup locations, home delivery the the most efficient way to shop in terms of resource usage. Anything that stops people getting in their car is a win.
"Unless the deliveries are to high population density locations with a high density of pickup locations, home delivery the the most efficient way to shop in terms of resource usage. Anything that stops people getting in their car is a win. "
The point was that you already pass such places on your way to work or other errands, car or not that is way more efficient both for climate and human resources than having dedicated drivers doing stops at every single home on their route.
I would still argue that home delivery is more environmentally friendly...
The Amazon and UPS drivers delivering to my suburban neighborhood seem to drop at least two packages per street, so the cost in gas per delivery is half a street (wild approximation). If I am driving home and stop off at a grocery store as I pass I still have to get to and navigate in and out of their parking lot. Likely more than half a streets worth of gas in the best possible case.
Only walking to the store is going to be more environmentally friendly.
We can talk about Amazon's packaging related carbon costs but that is not this thread.
Amazon lets you deliver stuff to automated lockers in various high traffic places like what you mention.
Also some delivery services will let you specify a shop or something where you can have your package delivered instead of your home.
> Such unimaginable waste driving around to every single home needing delivery
Unless the deliveries are to high population density locations with a high density of pickup locations, home delivery the the most efficient way to shop in terms of resource usage. Anything that stops people getting in their car is a win.