The price of milk in supermarkets is approximately the same as doorstep delivery was 10-15 years ago. This is why doorstep deliveries went into decline. Don't forget that any price rises that the supermarkets have to pass on, the milkman will have to pass on as well and they may be steeper rises than the shops.
It is also a fallacy that electric milk floats are somehow "better for the environment": - Do you realise just how much electricity they use? In general their batteries require charging for 12+ hours each day. Most dairies won't be hooked up to a wind turbine. - Those batteries? Full of really, really, nasty stuff. Not to mention they require weekly top-offs with distilled water, and there's energy going into making that stuff (and delivering it!) as well.
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It is also a fallacy that electric milk floats are somehow "better for the environment":
- Do you realise just how much electricity they use? In general their batteries require charging for 12+ hours each day. Most dairies won't be hooked up to a wind turbine.
- Those batteries? Full of really, really, nasty stuff. Not to mention they require weekly top-offs with distilled water, and there's energy going into making that stuff (and delivering it!) as well.