A doorbell camera caught a moment that felt painfully ordinary in modern America. A 76-year-old Vietnam veteran, Larry Philip Colvin, was dropping off a late-night order for DoorDash because his family needed help paying medical bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The donations that followed were big enough to change his life, but the story also points to a another issue that rarely makes the headlines: transportation is still a major climate problem in the U.S., and the \u201clast mile\u201d culture<\/a> of fast deliveries is quietly adding more vehicles, more miles, and more emissions to the places where we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CBS Texas reported that Colvin grew up on a farm in Illinois, served in Vietnam, and spent decades working with heavy equipment before returning to work again in his seventies. He put it simply, saying, \u201cI learned from my grandfather to work, work, and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical expenses and other bills pushed him out of retirement, and he ended up delivering for DoorDash six days a week. He also said the job came with the physical wear and tear you would expect, \u201cAlways get a little nicks and bumps and bruises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The turning point came after Savannah Saulters saw him on her doorbell camera and started an online fundraiser. After CBS News Texas profiled Colvin, the effort rose from about $8,000 to more than $95,000, and Colvin said the support \u201chelps restore my faith in humanity a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is easy to think of delivery as \u201cjust one car,\u201d especially when you are tired and dinner shows up at the door. But the Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> says transportation accounted for 29% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, and it remains the largest source when counting only direct emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA doorbell clip that changed one life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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