It gets dark this time of year before 5 pm and they delivered packages to my house up to 9 PM during the holidays.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Michael Ross via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > You are implying that shipping docks will be manned all night long in this > scenario. Or that residential or postal workers will want to try to deliver > in the dark. There are very real downsides to tripping around in the night, > and 3rd shift work is bad for health. > > When I was delivering furniture in the 80's I often chose to do the travel > (as opposed to delivery) at night to avoid the danger and boredom of > gridlock. But I would definitely not have enjoyed invading customers > driveways and landscape at night. I think residential night delivery is > not a good idea. > > Night delivery isn't a totally bad idea, but it might be hard to work out > the logistics. > > Over the road is already a nighttime operation for many. > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM, John Lussmyer via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >> On Thu Jan 04 07:41:44 PST 2018 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >>> Mail at night! >>> I suspect that in 20 years, the post office, UPS and Amazon and all long >>> haul trucking and deliveries will all be at night. Think of the benefit >>> to the grid and everyone (including reduced traffic congestion). All >>> those battries storing energy all day long and then being used at night as >>> a great balance to the grid. >> >> Actually, that is the reverse of what you want. >> You want to store during the night when demand is low, then use during the >> day when demand is hi. >> >> >> -- >> >> Try my Sensible Email package! https://sourceforge.net/ >> projects/sensibleemail/ >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ >> group/NEDRA) >> >> > > > -- > Michael E. Ross > (919) 585-6737 Land > (19) 901-2805 Cell and Text > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, > Google Phone and Text > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180104/c5fa98ff/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
