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hampshire schrieb:

Interesting statement. A technical article in "Environmental Science & Technology" from the American Chemical Society concludes that the last mile is crucial for the CO2 footprint when comparing brick-and-mortar retail versus delivery services, and it discusses the use of the vehicle as well as the consolidation of purchases.
In rural areas, delivery services cover long distances with old vehicles. In Cologne, you can get food delivered by e-bike. This once again shows that it is not sensible to generally evaluate technologies and methods without considering their specific applications. There are many valid reasons to solve things in different ways.

However, employees in brick-and-mortar retail also use vehicles, and I can consolidate my purchases online as well.
Of course, my statement needs to be viewed with nuance, but just imagine the conversion of commercial spaces into residential units, the reduction of private car traffic, and so on in large cities. It would also have nice side effects if places like Peek & Cloppenburg, Karstadt, and many others became obsolete due to online shopping.
I believe that is only a matter of time...

We don’t have Lieferando here at all. Where on earth am I living?

Alessandro schrieb:

I think it’s only a matter of time...

Imagine shopping in a car-free city where your purchases are transported via an urban conveyor belt system to a central hub and loaded into an autonomous vehicle that then takes you home if you wish. This would give "brick-and-mortar" a whole new appeal.

Could you please stop with these horror scenarios of super-efficient living machines featuring all-encompassing food logistics and cities that automatically deliver our stuff? I'm almost depressed.

As long as I still have two arms and legs, no food delivery service or online retailer will get anywhere near my house or inside it. 😉

Amazon is available here and is being used. The source is no longer local, and somehow we also need goods. There isn’t even a department store left in the district town. For many items, we have to travel between 80 and 100 km (50 and 62 miles).

haydee schrieb:

For many things, we have to drive between 80 and 100 km (50 and 62 miles).

Our house was deliberately built with minimal storage and limited floor space. Since then, we buy much less, and the urge to acquire things is reasonably controlled. What we need is also available here in the countryside. Anything beyond that is considered a luxury and is chosen by us deliberately and without time pressure, so it doesn’t require delivery services. Some consumables, however, are incredibly cheap when ordered for delivery—salt for the descaler, firelighters, screws, and fittings, for example. Other items are very specific and hard to find—like paint for the old Holder tractor. In those cases, I turn to mail order (but not Amazon, as I find them unappealing).