Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery

The use of drones to deliver commercial packages is poised to become a new industry. Here the authors show that replacing truck delivery by drones can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use when the drone size and additional warehousing requirements are limited.

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Autores principales: Joshuah K. Stolaroff, Constantine Samaras, Emma R. O’Neill, Alia Lubers, Alexandra S. Mitchell, Daniel Ceperley
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:af5631c904d6482eadcbe765687ec84f2021-12-02T16:50:07ZEnergy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery10.1038/s41467-017-02411-52041-1723https://doaj.org/article/af5631c904d6482eadcbe765687ec84f2018-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02411-5https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The use of drones to deliver commercial packages is poised to become a new industry. Here the authors show that replacing truck delivery by drones can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use when the drone size and additional warehousing requirements are limited.Joshuah K. StolaroffConstantine SamarasEmma R. O’NeillAlia LubersAlexandra S. MitchellDaniel CeperleyNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
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Joshuah K. Stolaroff
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Emma R. O’Neill
Alia Lubers
Alexandra S. Mitchell
Daniel Ceperley
Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
description The use of drones to deliver commercial packages is poised to become a new industry. Here the authors show that replacing truck delivery by drones can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use when the drone size and additional warehousing requirements are limited.
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author Joshuah K. Stolaroff
Constantine Samaras
Emma R. O’Neill
Alia Lubers
Alexandra S. Mitchell
Daniel Ceperley
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Alexandra S. Mitchell
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title Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
title_short Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
title_full Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
title_fullStr Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
title_full_unstemmed Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery
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