[pf] Repost: Downside of online shopping

by Kaleopono

19 December 2000 23:48 UTC

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From: "Kaleopono" <ssa@ilhawaii.net>
To: "Positive Futures" <positive-futures@igc.topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: Downside of online shopping


> Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find Online Shopping May Hurt the Environment
>
>     PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11 -/E-Wire/-- E-Commerce systems that support online
> shopping may reduce the use of warehouses, but they generally rely on a
> transportation system that is more energy and pollution intensive, says a
> "Green Design" team at Carnegie Mellon University.
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>     /CONTACT:  Chriss Swaney of Carnegie Mellon University, 412-268-5776/
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>     /Web site:  http://www.cmu.edu /
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> For Full Text Visit:  http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/Dec00/11Dec0002.html
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