• ringwraithfish@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This article talks specifically about energy usage, not consumption of products. Work from home likely wouldn’t have an impact in consumed goods.

    I’m a WFH employee, and my company has no plans to change it. I’m all for WFH. I brought up the issue of 100 companies producing 70% of greenhouse gases because to me this article lines up with the idea of us reducing our individual carbon footprint, which we’ve found out in the last few years was just a coordinated effort by the fossil fuel industry to deflect their responsibility to us.

    All of these efforts are good. WFH is good, renewable energies are good, EVs are debatable (depending on where you stand on how the rare materials needed for the batteries are sourced) but overall better than gas and diesel. But at the end of the day, if your tub is overflowing you need to turn off the tap first before you pick up the mop.

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      I hear you about the articles bias towards personal responsibility when tackling an issue that is structural.

      And my point stands. Elon, for example, has come out heavily against WFH because fewer people will be driving his cars. In other words, WFH is bad for the car and oil/gas lobbyists and good for the planet.

      If governments started offering incentives for WFH, it would be one way of turning off the tap.