People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office::Study in US shows one day a week of remote working cuts emissions by just 2% but two or four days lowers them by up to 29%

  • fubo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    112
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    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.

    • PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      34
      ·
      1 year ago

      Now I pay for the electricity and my home office space and it is still significantly cheaper than just what I used to pay in gas. Screw going back in to the office.

      • bassad@jlai.lu
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Do you receive a compensation from your employer for electricity/internet/phone plan ? Then it is way cheaper !

      • markr@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        The fraction of my electric and internet bill consumed by remote work is negligible.