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Comment by eru

2 days ago

You need to take into account your system requires there to be a nice store (presumably with aircon and lights on) within your cycling distance.

With online shopping and delivery, the warehouse can be a dark, cramped, hot, robot-filled pandemonium in the worst part of town.

> With online shopping and delivery, the warehouse can be a dark, cramped, hot, robot-filled pandemonium in the worst part of town.

Tom Scott - How many robots does it take to run a grocery store? https://youtu.be/ssZ_8cqfBlE (grocery fulfillment centers are different than Amazon)

... It's also coldish. https://youtu.be/w2HnKpTo2So

  • Sorry, yes, groceries would be kept cold. But non-food items can be kept in whatever the temperature happens to be in without heating or cooling.