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> Working from home is (1) better for the environment Note that this is not necessarily true. US cities were for a while "NIMBYism vs mandatory commutes". To t
by Ericson2314 3y ago
> Working from home is (1) better for the environment
Note that this is not necessarily true. US cities were for a while "NIMBYism vs mandatory commutes". To the extent that one is solved but not the other, we get more car-centric spraw. People commuting less can be offset with them doing more pleasure driving.
(Obvious this depends on the metro area, more remote work in Phoenix Arizona is definitely net good, in NYC not so much.)
Once we solve the NIMBY problem, I'll be a lot more comfortable with the society-wide implications of remote work, but for now it is reducing the impetus to solve a problem that needs to be solved anyways.