People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office::Study in US shows one day a week of remote working cuts emissions by just 2% but two or four days lowers them by up to 29%

    • @[email protected]
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      431 year ago

      Ironically I think that would be a great approach - give tax breaks to businesses that have fully remote workers. It would save the environment, reduce traffic, reduce the cost of renting an apartment in downtown areas, bolster suburban and rural towns, and provide a higher quality of life to the middle class. The only way to get businesses onnoard willingly is by offering a monetary incentive.

    • @Mojojojo1993
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      241 year ago

      Yup. Honestly if the world wasn’t run for the money makers.

      We could really engineer it to work for the betterment of the planet and us.

      We could optimize our system so we don’t waste so much and save ourselves money. Money which in turn is our life span.

      If only