Amazon will once again try to initiate parcel deliveries via drones in Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas.
In June of 2022 Amazon announced that they would begin making drone deliveries in Lockeford, California. This move was ultimately delayed after severe public backlash.
But now Amazon is looking to try again and expand this venture. Fox 40 reported on December 23rd:
Amazon has officially begun making shipment deliveries with drones to customers in both Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas, the company confirmed to FOX 40 News on Friday.
Our aim is to safely introduce our drones to the skies. We are starting in these communities and will gradually expand deliveries to more customers over time.
Natalie Banke, Amazon Air spokesperson said
The service in Lockeford was first announced in June 2022 and six months later has officially started.
Amazon calls its drone delivery Prime Air and has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration and local officials in both Lockeford and College Station to begin the service.
According to the company, after a customer has been “onboarded” and orders a package, a drone will fly to the customer’s backyard and descend enough to drop off the package, then fly away.
The company will inform customers when drone delivery is available in their area
Lockeford is an unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, about 50 miles south of Sacramento, and College Station is a medium-sized city northwest of Houston.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Proverbs 26:14
Drone deliveries are a necessary tenet of the smart cities by 2030:
Once in awhile, I will choose to cook for myself. It is easy – the necessary kitchen equipment is delivered at my door within minutes. Since transport became free, we stopped having all those things stuffed into our home. Why keep a pasta-maker and a crepe cooker crammed into our cupboards? We can just order them when we need them.
According to an essay by the World Economic Forum
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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