https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/climate/e-commerce-warehouse-smog-regulation.html

I saw this elsewhere and wondered about this:

QuoteLarge retailers like Amazon and Walmart — who have pledged to clean up the environmental effects of their supply chains, including electrifying their fleets — have largely stayed on the sidelines of the debate.

On the one hand, it's great news, especially for kids who have to go to school near these places. But it also seems likely to lead to yet more consolidation in the short term, no? I think in the long-term, all companies will update their trucks and my impression from the neighbor (recently retired truck driver) is that turnover times on trucks is pretty high - it's just too expensive to keep inefficient trucks on the road. But in the short term, it strikes me as a win for Amazon

>>especially for kids who have to go to school near these places

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE AS A KID MAY UP RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS LATER
https://www.futurity.org/childhood-air-pollution-exposure-mental-health-2560402/

There are all sorts of externalities from pollution that we don't pay for in those cheap Amazon goods