Social and Political

Although localnet brings a wide range of positive benefits with it, there are a few aspects that don't sit comfortably with western consumers. This could actually mean that it gets off the ground first in more centralised economies where greater control is exerted over how the population will live.

Our desire for free competition

It feels inherently risky to put all our delivery, collection and transport eggs in one basket. Yet if we don't rationalise the mess of competing, overlapping systems we have today, we will suffer from increasing congestion, pollution and carbon footprint.

We have to ensure that localnet operations are accountable to the residents they serve so that they are consistently reliable, efficient and secure. Only extreme circumstances should cause goods to be delivered via any other channel.

In any brown-field site, this will be difficult to enforce. There will always be a proportion of residents who want nothing to do with the new-fangled system.

Our attachment to the car

It will take some time - and a consistently reliable and convenient transport service - before we start to give up our cars. Making electric car pools easy and convenient to use is critical to driving down the miles we drive. Even if we don't forgo the second car immediately, it's this reduction in miles travelled by fossil fuel burning cars that is important.