Two-day shipping: Free to you, but how costly to the planet?

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By Ask Umbra®Jul 30, 2015, 6:00 am29 pts
Q. Who doesn’t love Amazon Prime’s free two-day shipping? But sometimes I wonder what the differential is in resource use, CO2 emissions, etc. between shipment speeds. If I want two-day shipping, does it require a special trip to get my item to me in that timeframe? Can shipments be more efficiently grouped…

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