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Commuting by car is really, really expensive -- to the worker (in fuel, time, and stress), to the polity (in road maintenance, traffic collisions, etc.), and to the environment as well.

Most of the costs are borne directly by the worker without compensation. Although a worker is required to commute to work, commute time is not considered part of an hourly worker's working hours, nor is it considered a tax-deductible business travel expense.

That's a weird way to say 54% of the average American's emissions are caused by cars

Shouldnt i be getting carbon tax credits for all this environent im saving

gee who would have thought people that don't drive vehicles reduce emissions compared to people that drive vehicles

But how can real estate companies make money off peasants if the peasants don't suffer needlessly?

"You're welcome, Gen Z!"

-Permanent WFH GenX

P.S. Sorry you can't buy a house, but I'm not taking credit for that one.

I'm doing my part!

Theyh it is. Fuck back to office

Edit1: is that how you "spell" that? Doesn't look ot feel right to me

This is the best summary I could come up with:

People who work remotely all the time produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of office workers, according to a new study.

Employees in the US who worked from home all the time were predicted to reduce their emissions by 54%, compared with workers in an office, the study found.

Wider emissions reducing benefits of working from home include the easing of vehicle congestion during rush hour in commuting areas, which is likely to improve fuel economy.

According to the study, this could result in longer commuting distances for hybrid workers and a greater carbon footprint due to the increased use of private vehicles.

The authors said: “While remote work shows potential in reducing carbon footprint, careful consideration of commuting patterns, building energy consumption, vehicle ownership, and non-commute-related travel is essential to fully realise its environmental benefits.”

While the findings do not apply to workers in many sectors – a bus driver, for example, cannot work from home – it provides pointers on how office-based employers can reduce company emissions.

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Or in some countries, alleviate the pressure on an overloaded public transport system. Which in turn cuts emissions.

I fucking love the Thinkpad design.

Talked to a former coworker who goes into the office now a couple of times a week to sit in a shitty open office workspace to go on teams to ‘interact’ with his colleagues. It’s just fucking stupid. Also the company sells remote work enablement tools.