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The title is misleading. For who didn't read the article (and judging by the reactions, that is most people here), this is what the study that the article refer
by misja111 3y ago
The title is misleading. For who didn't read the article (and judging by the reactions, that is most people here), this is what the study that the article refers to really found:
- the way how most people currently work remotely is -more- carbon intensive than commuting to the office
- working remotely -can- halve the carbon footprint, if employees take drastic measures to reduce their footprint at home. Such as using solar panels etc.
- still, offices could do the same, and employees could also choose more carbon friendly ways to commute to the office and then the balance would swing the other way again
- BadCookie 3y agoThe article seems to be implying that remote workers drive more because they live in more rural places, and some also take “several short trips” throughout the day that add up to more driving than their commute would have been. But why are they taking lots of short trips? To do errands that they would otherwise have done on the weekends? I don’t have any intuition about this.
- achrono 3y ago> we observe substantially more total travel miles for remote workers > to drop off/pick up friends, conduct recreational activities, > visit healthcare facilities, visit friends/relatives, and exercise This is genuinely surprising. From my sample set of 4 people on my team this is really not the case, neither is it for myself.