http://seanmccann.ca/fedex-is-harming-the-environment Startups, Software Development & Life. Thu, 27 May 2010 19:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://seanmccann.ca/fedex-is-harming-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-66 howard Thu, 27 May 2010 19:50:18 +0000 http://seanmccann.ca/?p=105#comment-66 It should be Boise, ID-Memphis, TN-Edmonton, AB-Camrose, AB; yes, the linehaul is environmentally destructive . The whole system (spoke & hub) is predicated on cheap fuel. Try sending a package from Tsawwassen, BC to Point Roberts, Washington: the linehaul is Tsawwassen, BC-Richmond, BC-Memphis, TN-Seattle, WA-Point Roberts, WA, but the actual distance could be less than 1 kilometer. The $10 is a ROD fee for not having indicated duty/tax charges on the waybill. Get an account and the ROD fee disappears, or use USPS and Canada Post. It should be Boise, ID-Memphis, TN-Edmonton, AB-Camrose, AB; yes, the linehaul is environmentally destructive . The whole system (spoke & hub) is predicated on cheap fuel. Try sending a package from Tsawwassen, BC to Point Roberts, Washington: the linehaul is Tsawwassen, BC-Richmond, BC-Memphis, TN-Seattle, WA-Point Roberts, WA, but the actual distance could be less than 1 kilometer. The $10 is a ROD fee for not having indicated duty/tax charges on the waybill. Get an account and the ROD fee disappears, or use USPS and Canada Post.

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