Link 19: Amazon drone delivery. Wait, what, you mean it's a real proposal? I saw a thingy on Youtube and assumed it was a joke or a spoof or a comedy sketch or something.
It's real but it sounds ridiculous to me. How could it ever be cheaper than using the existing mail system?
Amazon has a complex delivery infrastructure - some things I order arrive by US Postal Service, some by UPS, and some FedEx. It depends on size, weight and distance.
They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
Link 19: Amazon drone delivery. Wait, what, you mean it's a real proposal? I saw a thingy on Youtube and assumed it was a joke or a spoof or a comedy sketch or something.
It's real but it sounds ridiculous to me. How could it ever be cheaper than using the existing mail system?
Amazon has a complex delivery infrastructure - some things I order arrive by US Postal Service, some by UPS, and some FedEx. It depends on size, weight and distance.
They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
And it's coming soon for routine medications in the NHS. As the norm, not the exception.
"New UK Wind Energy Record - Highest Amount of Green Electricity Ever Generated By Wind - More Than 6 Gigawatts 29 November 2013
National Grid has confirmed that a record-breaking amount of clean electricity was generated by wind power in the UK today – achieving more than 6 gigawatts (over 6,000 megawatts) for the first time.
From 2.30 till 3pm, wind power produced an average of 6,004 megawatts (MW), which accounted for 13.5% of the UK’s total electricity demand at that time – enough to power more than 3,410,000 British homes. National Grid measures electricity generation in half-hour periods."
Link 19: Amazon drone delivery. Wait, what, you mean it's a real proposal? I saw a thingy on Youtube and assumed it was a joke or a spoof or a comedy sketch or something.
It's real but it sounds ridiculous to me. How could it ever be cheaper than using the existing mail system?
Amazon has a complex delivery infrastructure - some things I order arrive by US Postal Service, some by UPS, and some FedEx. It depends on size, weight and distance.
They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
And it's coming soon for routine medications in the NHS. As the norm, not the exception.
That's awesome. My little suburb of 60000 people has about 30 pharmacies, zero of which are open at night. I always thought it should be replaced by two competing stores, each with half a dozen kids doing deliveries on mopeds. They could let Pizza Hut run the whole thing.
Link 19: Amazon drone delivery. Wait, what, you mean it's a real proposal? I saw a thingy on Youtube and assumed it was a joke or a spoof or a comedy sketch or something.
It's real but it sounds ridiculous to me. How could it ever be cheaper than using the existing mail system?
Amazon has a complex delivery infrastructure - some things I order arrive by US Postal Service, some by UPS, and some FedEx. It depends on size, weight and distance.
They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
And it's coming soon for routine medications in the NHS. As the norm, not the exception.
Speaking of the NHS, I remember 8 years ago while back in the UK calling my doctor for a prescription renewal, and - after getting round the standard bullsh*t "prescriptions only issued between 10 and 11 am Tuesday and Thursday" - going to the doctor's ofice and literally picking up a piece of paper with the prescription on it and handing it in to the chemist to fill.
It was quite incredible, like being back in the 1940s.
Link 19: Amazon drone delivery. Wait, what, you mean it's a real proposal? I saw a thingy on Youtube and assumed it was a joke or a spoof or a comedy sketch or something.
It's real but it sounds ridiculous to me. How could it ever be cheaper than using the existing mail system?
Amazon has a complex delivery infrastructure - some things I order arrive by US Postal Service, some by UPS, and some FedEx. It depends on size, weight and distance.
They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
And it's coming soon for routine medications in the NHS. As the norm, not the exception.
That's awesome. My little suburb of 60000 people has about 30 pharmacies, zero of which are open at night. I always thought it should be replaced by two competing stores, each with half a dozen kids doing deliveries on mopeds. They could let Pizza Hut run the whole thing.
There's an argument which says that the exercise involved in walking to pharmacy to collect the medication is useful in many cases. Apparently, according to still-practising friends, it's not uncommon for patients to say that it's far too difficult, physically, for them to come out. Then when the delivery driver calls they're out, and they come to the pharmacy (not ring) to complain.
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They are currently experimenting with same day delivery in major metropolitan areas in the US.
It is the first time someone has been killed in an armed police operation in Iceland, officials say."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25190119
29 November 2013
National Grid has confirmed that a record-breaking amount of clean electricity was generated by wind power in the UK today – achieving more than 6 gigawatts (over 6,000 megawatts) for the first time.
From 2.30 till 3pm, wind power produced an average of 6,004 megawatts (MW), which accounted for 13.5% of the UK’s total electricity demand at that time – enough to power more than 3,410,000 British homes. National Grid measures electricity generation in half-hour periods."
Http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/2013-11-29-new-uk-wind-energy-record-highest-amount-of-green-electricity-ever-generated-by-wind-more-than-6-gigawatts#sthash.q5Z6Hnl0.dpuf
It'll be interesting to see whether the wind generation indicator on this webpage changes a lot at that time:
http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
It was quite incredible, like being back in the 1940s.