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Carnegie Mellon University found that
e-commerce systems do reduce the use of buildings, but they generally rely
on a transportation system that is more energy and pollution intensive (not
to mention they clog up the highways and cause air traffic delays and then
we as a society complain about it when it's actually our purchases adding to
the problem). The "Green Team" at Carnegie Mellon also took into account all
those boxes and packing materials, which they say makes the environmental
impact of e-commerce 2.5 times worse than conventional commerce.