πππππ πΆππππππ πThey say big trucks are just a reality if you want to make deliveries in the city.
I say there's other ways to solve the "last-mile" problem...
There's your beer kegsβsorted.
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GeniAus (Jill Ball)#Paris has got your last rites taken care of.
A small funeral home called βLe Ciel et La Terreβ (The Sky and the Earth) uses a bicycle-hearse called βCorbicyclette.β
"Bicycles offer advantages in express delivery: they can bypass traffic and make up to 2x as many stops per hour as a truck. Total cost of ownership over lifetime is less than half of a van. And they generate zero emissions."
βCEO of DHL Express
βCEO of DHL Express
If you combine cargobikes with existing urban tram and bus networks for freight delivery, as many cities in Europe do, you've cracked the last-mile problem (and reduced pollution and congestion in cities).
I dig deeper in this #Staphanger dispatch:
https://www.straphanger.blog/death-to-the-sledgehammer-flyswatter/
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Anna Miriamsdochter
Marcos Dione@straphanger I remeber seeing on television in Argentina in the '80s a section about bike couriers in NYC, how they could beat traffic. I remeber images of the couriers on a fixed bike, balancing on a red light, and speeding down some slopes. Of course, they only had a small briefcase on a sling, so they only carried small stuf, but it impreased me so I mounted my bike and for 25y I almost didn't use any other vehicle. Another 20y and I'm coming back to them, thanks to electric versions.
Kalytis
Janice Pearce@Kalytis @straphanger ah ouais et elle les met oΓΉ, les fleurs, quand il pleut ?
@PearceJanice2 j'ai bien une idΓ©e
PaquitoBernard
James Green@PaquitoBernard @straphanger This could be how they remove the Guinness Trucks from Dublin's Quays!
Voline@straphanger
There used to be a bicycle hearse in Oregon, as well.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/david_sarasohn/2013/05/oregon_way_of_death_is_departi.html
There used to be a bicycle hearse in Oregon, as well.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/david_sarasohn/2013/05/oregon_way_of_death_is_departi.html
Laloofah@straphanger Iβd love for something like this to haul my someday carcass to Recomposeβ¦
https://recompose.life/
https://recompose.life/
Davie Duck@Laloofah Here in my Florida community we are 1/3 of the way toward having the funds to buy 100 acres of nature for a reserve that will include a green cemetery. We have until the end of October to pay off the land. Wish us luck. @straphanger @thepoliticalcat
@WackyIdeas @straphanger @thepoliticalcat Youβve no doubt explored this, but thought Iβd pass it along just in caseβ¦
https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/funding.html
https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/funding.html
Georgiann Baldino@Laloofah @straphanger https://earthfuneral.com/resources/tree-pod-burial-explained/
When I'm dead, I asked my son to use my ashes to fertilize a tree π³
@obtener @straphanger You might want to read the part on this website about π₯ cremation (π§ cremation is an up & coming option thatβs also described here). It discusses the common misconceptions about its environmental friendliness & the fertilizing value of cremains, & offers a couple of useful things to know to help mitigate the issues:
https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/other_disposition_options.html
https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/other_disposition_options.html
@Laloofah @straphanger I have a great resource in my son, who is an Environmental Scientist.
Annette C. Boehm@straphanger I love this idea.
DemonHusky@straphanger I want this to bring my dead body to a composting facility