Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
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#2this is awesome and makes a lot of business sense (Amazon is an investor in Rivian).
kudos to Amazon!
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#3The shareholder proposal may have been defeated, but this is a sign to me that it _worked_ to bring this problem to the forefront of Amazon's agenda. This is a good thing.
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#4>delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian
is Rivian really a vehicle manufacturer? or a startup? I though you have to actually manufacture something to be called manufacturer.
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#5These will be mostly Rivian pick up trucks. Kinda smart move. $700 million investment will help Amazon.
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#6I'm glad to see that there's deliberate movement in this direction. However, it's a little dismaying that the headline is implying that we can address climate change by Consuming More Stuff; that's how we got into this mess in the first place.
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#7>delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian is Rivian really a vehicle manufacturer? or a startup? I though you have to actually manufacture something to be called manufacturer.
Rivian is the best American EV maker out there.
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#8I'm glad to see that there's deliberate movement in this direction. However, it's a little dismaying that the headline is implying that we can address climate change by Consuming More Stuff; that's how we got into this mess in the first place.
Why does this cause more stuff to be consumed?
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#9I'm glad to see that there's deliberate movement in this direction. However, it's a little dismaying that the headline is implying that we can address climate change by Consuming More Stuff; that's how we got into this mess in the first place.
Why does this cause more stuff to be consumed?
I think the implication is that it doesn't seem like the path taken by Bezos is to have people consume less, but to make deliveries more carbon neutral.
Re: Jeff Bezos climate change plan unveiled – buy 100k electric vans.
#10>delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian is Rivian really a vehicle manufacturer? or a startup? I though you have to actually manufacture something to be called manufacturer.
Rivian is the best American EV maker out there.
Is it? They are not even in the hands of consumers yet.