Frustration free packaging?

I don't order from Amazon a lot, although when I do I'm pretty much enamoured with their service for a few months until I've bought all the things I want from them.

But one thing really gets my goat, and it's the packaging...

They say it's frustration free, and easy to open, but I disagree on the first claim.

Last week I ordered an item for my car, and a few days later my postman shoved a "While you were out" card through the letterbox.

On reaching the post office I was presented with this:

Wow, must have bought something big.

Opening it up...

What is inside that needs so much protection?

Is that it? Another thin cardboard box?

Yup, and what is inside that requires such protection? A Cartier rear view mirror? A gear knob crafted by the very best at Faberge?

No, it's just a couple of meters of silicone hose to replace the worn vacuum lines on my engine.

Seriously it could have been shipped coiled up in a Jiffy bag and it would have been adequately protected.

But now I have a load of brown wrapping paper and a cardboard box to dispose of - yes I recycle but that's not really the point. The energy used to make the paper and the box, and to transport it from amazons warehouse to mine must be disproportionate to any "green" credentials. 

Like someone harping on about "green electric vehicles". Yeah only as green and the fossil fuel or nuclear powered power station that provided electricity to charge your car.

It's unusual for me to consider the environment, I'd love a big classic American V8 (Pontic GTO my personal favourite), but you have to admit, this packaging is ridiculous.