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Comment by sambroner | Hacker News Reader

I'm very excited to see that some of the biggest ideas for improving the bottom line are also better for the environment. The alignment of these agendas could be very powerful.

Specifically, reducing double shipping (Coca Cola -> Amazon -> Customer) and inefficient packaging are both targets as Amazon seeks more profitable delivery.

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But if my Prime package doesn't arrive as a box in a box in a box in a box in a box, how will I build forts for my puppy to play in?

If only there was some way to deliver water directly to homes though a series of pipes. Like an Internet of Water...

Highly impractical, it would probably not work. You'd probably end up needing to bury a series of tubes under ground to transport it around, and how would that work? no one knows!

The difference in wastefulness is rounding error relative to tap water.

It could also increase environmental impact if it creates additional deliveries to the same location that could have previously been combined. Like if now instead of just 1 delivery from Amazon, the customer is now getting their order delivered by Amazon, Coca Cola, Fedex etc. So now the delivery routes are duplicating coverage.

It's very rare that Amazon ships multiples items in the same box to me, so I'm doubtful the impact will be very high.

already have this problem. we order a lot via amazon, and it's not uncommon to get a package from both UPS and the amazon "gig" delivery folks.

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