[fightinJAG]

I repeat: the quickest, cheapest and most efficient way to lessen our need for oil is to allow everyone who can and wants to to telecommute.

[neverdem]

I repeat: the quickest, cheapest and most efficient way to lessen our need for oil is to allow everyone who can and wants to to telecommute.

That's fine for workers who can telecommute and do productive work. We need stuff to sell overseas, or our currency will crash.

[DB]

I don’t know if that’s entirely true.

I’ve worked at home for the last 20+ years.

The energy costs for my home are substantially higher as a result. Computers, lights, heating and cooling through the day.

I don’t know how those increases balance against the reduction of energy used for transportation.