Environment & Energy

I order things very occasionally, mostly because I was given a large gift card and if I don't use it, they will end up pocketing the money. I haven't given them a nickel of my own money.

In general, I use the gift card balance to buy out of print books. I did use it to buy a laptop when my old one died, and that was an exercise in caution. The laptop runs fine, but I hate the keyboard and I will never buy something like that sight unseen again. And that is another problem with Amazon. Half of it gets shipped back - people essentially browse at home and then return things, which can't be good for the environment, which leads to more extreme weather, which leads to situations like Amazon employees being at risk....