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Promoting Telecommuting During the Gas Dearth?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-not-all-the-time dept.

Oren F. asks: "The President of AeroAstro, Inc., a small aerospace company, has begun promoting his employees to conserve gasoline during these times of high prices by telecommuting to work each day from their homes at least once a week. How is your company responding to the current situation?"

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  1. Our company has a more traditional approach by mikeage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Forget it"

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  2. Re:Use a bike by Quarters · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I would love to bike to work. I live nine miles from where I work and the commute is essentially a straight shot down a state highway.

    I'll never do it.

    The highway, while straight, level, and well paved, is heavily travelled (to the point of congestion) by annoying suburbanites driving their SUVs and talking on their cell phones instead of paying attention to the road.

    At speed lane changes with no turn signals used, no checks in the mirrors, no looking out the side windows. Stopping short at lights, making right (or left) turns from the wrong lane because they forgot to get into the turn lane, etc... I've seen it all on my daily commute.

    It's dangerous enough in a car. I'd be nuts to try it on a bicycle.

  3. Re:High! by gallen1234 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Prices in the UK aren't high because of economics. They're high because an unreasonably high percentage (up to 75%) of the total price comes from taxes.