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Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States (futurism.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

On one hand that sounds bad, but if that delivery driver is dropping off enough things in one run that would have been individual people driving to a store, does it balance out?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Maybe, but Amazon in particular will also bag/box every solitary thing. Not sure if it balances, but it's an interesting question when you put it that way.

    Still, I expect they prioritize meeting service levels over fuel economy.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    True. Definitely not saying they are more efficient or vouching for them, just a curious thought. They definitely do a lot of stupid shit like, as you said, bag individual items that absolutely do not need it. Or worse, I've ordered groceries through them and I'll get a bag that contains one onion, meanwhile it could have gone into literally any other bag. I'm guessing a byproduct of some weird logistics design sacrificing all else over internal efficiency.

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