Comments on: FEDEX and the Environment http://irrelevantramblings.com/2009/02/18/fedex-and-the-environment/ from the mind of a misfit toy Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: themisfithttp://irrelevantramblings.com/2009/02/18/fedex-and-the-environment/#comment-94 themisfit Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:44:19 +0000 http://irrelevantramblings.com/?p=1106#comment-94 Thanks Christine although I do understand why they do this, wouldn't it make more sense to have more than one sort facility? It would accomplish two things first it would reduce the carbon emissions of criss-crossing the country and second it would create more jobs. Both of which would be a good thing in this day in age.<abbr><em>themisfit’s last blog post..<a href="http://irrelevantramblings.com/2009/02/18/fedex-and-the-environment/" rel="nofollow">FEDEX and the Environment</a></abbr></em> Thanks Christine although I do understand why they do this, wouldn’t it make more sense to have more than one sort facility? It would accomplish two things first it would reduce the carbon emissions of criss-crossing the country and second it would create more jobs. Both of which would be a good thing in this day in age.

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]]> By: Christinehttp://irrelevantramblings.com/2009/02/18/fedex-and-the-environment/#comment-93 Christine Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:42:50 +0000 http://irrelevantramblings.com/?p=1106#comment-93 While this does seem unnecessary...you have to understand how a company like FedEx operates. Obviously, everytime they get a package, they cannot put it on a truck and take it straight to the destination. It is more efficient for them to send packages to a central place, sort them by where they are going, and then take all package destined for one area (such as Kelowna) at the same time. It allows them to move packages more efficiently and quickly. While it seems irresponsible, it would be much more irresponsible to have a million trucks each driving hundreds of miles to deliver a single package. While this does seem unnecessary…you have to understand how a company like FedEx operates. Obviously, everytime they get a package, they cannot put it on a truck and take it straight to the destination. It is more efficient for them to send packages to a central place, sort them by where they are going, and then take all package destined for one area (such as Kelowna) at the same time. It allows them to move packages more efficiently and quickly. While it seems irresponsible, it would be much more irresponsible to have a million trucks each driving hundreds of miles to deliver a single package.

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