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Stop coming to work and save the planet
Telegraph (UK) ^ | April 22, 2007 | Richard Gray, Science Correspondent

Posted on 04/21/2007 10:49:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

For most of us facing gridlocked roads and packed trains, the Monday morning commute is a more pressing concern than climate change.

Staggering rush hours could tackle climate change

But there may be a single solution to both, according to business leaders.

The Institute of Directors is calling for flexible hours and more home working to help tackle global warming.

Miles Templeman, the institute's director-general, said offering employees greater flexibility would ease pressure on transport networks and cut rush-hour power demand - thereby reducing emissions. Mr Templeman urged ministers not to rush into policies that risked harming the economy, such as caps on emissions and carbon taxes.

Speaking ahead of the institute's annual convention later this week, he criticised the Government over its "ideological" approach to climate change.

"The politicians are still hooked up on this global leadership on climate change, which has become a political bandwagon," he said. "You can see all the politicians trying to out-green each other. There is a danger they will damage competitiveness and companies will move jobs to other countries."

His comments come weeks after Chris Gibson Smith, the chairman of the London Stock Exchange, said the Government's policies on climate change risked damaging British business.

He said Britain could not tackle climate change on its own and carbon emission penalties put the country's competitive edge at risk.

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "The UK environmental industry is already a success story and worth some £25 billion annually.

"Boosting energy efficiency makes good financial sense for business and also helps cut carbon emissions."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: carbonfootprint; commuters; commuting; environment; environmentalism; globalwarming; gorebullwarming; greenhousegases; scam
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Every article I read on so-called "global warming" is more ludicrous than the last!
1 posted on 04/21/2007 10:49:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 04/21/2007 10:58:35 PM PDT by honolulugal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Stop coming to work and save the planet." Sorry, can't do it, I have to eat and pay bills etc!
3 posted on 04/21/2007 11:04:56 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

One of these days some” other world news whatever” is gonna report that licking your butt is healthy, in fact it adds 5 and for some, 10 years to your life.


4 posted on 04/21/2007 11:08:43 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I've been working from home since 1984. I finally ditched my company office completely in 2001. It took another year to completely settle in my zero commute home office as I was assigned to work "onsite" at a company in San Diego. The only time I set foot on "company" property is when I take a business trip to the offices on the east coast. The visits immediately remind me of the loathsome "culture" of working in a company building. Loud conversations in the hallways. Rude employees conducting "conference calls" by sitting alone in an office with the speaker phone turned to maximum volume and the door wide open. The load mouth makes everyone for 5 offices each direction listen to his special little conference. It makes him feel "important". Too bad that none of the people in either direction even works on the same contracts. Jackass. The 40 minute plus commute from my hotel to the "office" reminds me why I'm happy to furnish my own office space, equipment and utilities. The stupid parking problems in a downtown area stink as well.
5 posted on 04/21/2007 11:12:27 PM PDT by Myrddin
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Here’s a solution for all of us : Liberals, Democrats, Envirowackos, Follywood elitist, stop coming to work, driving your luxury cars, fat luxury houses and live in a cave, and save the planet... there now, much better
6 posted on 04/21/2007 11:18:42 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Myrddin

Amen! I don’t ever want to go back to that hellish cube slave environment. Being in a cubicle at 47 would make me feel like a 23 year old again, and not in a good way.


7 posted on 04/21/2007 11:22:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Iran delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Try being stuck in a “hellish cube slave environment” with 5 very vocal Liberals and me the only conservative.


8 posted on 04/21/2007 11:36:27 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More work done from homes (”telecommuting”) makes good sense for families, the economy, and for cutting down on traffic, too.


9 posted on 04/21/2007 11:46:43 PM PDT by familyop (Essayons (has-been))
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To: NavyCanDo

I’ve been there a few times. ...like trying work in a house of ill repute—department heads from antagonistic, foreign nations and American wives gone wild. More of us should see what temps./consultants see. It’s bizarre.


10 posted on 04/21/2007 11:49:22 PM PDT by familyop (Essayons (has-been))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Poverty will never have the resources to save the planet. Only if we go back to be love children dancing in white robes barefoot while playing hacky sack in the Arcata, Ca square will we acheive a lifestyle these utopians are trying to push on us. Except, our environment will look like what is left behind when these enviro-loving children finish with one of the save-the-planet events.


11 posted on 04/21/2007 11:49:27 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If I caaaaaaaare about Global Warming, I’m a Good Person. I don’t have to deal with real problems, because I caaaaaaare about Global Warming.


12 posted on 04/21/2007 11:50:44 PM PDT by FlyVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It`s true, this whole global warming hoax is completely out of control now. And if you think it`s bad now, wait till this coming July when all the duped get together for this “Earth live” concert

http://www.liveearth.msn.com/


13 posted on 04/21/2007 11:56:39 PM PDT by Screamname (The only reason time exists is so everything doesn`t happen all at once - Albert Einstein)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My cubicle flies!


14 posted on 04/21/2007 11:59:27 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: Screamname

As if “Mother Earth” or “Gaia” gives a hoot about some naked apes prancing around and singing for “her” benefit!! Let me guess: proceeds go towards building a oceanfront home in Malibu for Al Gore, so he can be near Hollywood.


15 posted on 04/22/2007 12:01:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Iran delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The great majority of jobs, are not the kind that allow people to work from home.


16 posted on 04/22/2007 12:05:28 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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When you do a job from home, it is usually something that can’t be shipped overseas or outsourced. I currently do mortgage loans and have also recruited from home.


17 posted on 04/22/2007 12:09:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Iran delenda est)
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Every article I read on so-called "global warming" is more ludicrous than the last!

Aside from the basic and unquestioned premise that global warming exists, there's nothing ludicrous about staggering work hours or telecommuting.

Even assuming that global warming is a hoax, smog isn't; spreading the traffic out over more hours won't change the number of miles driven each day, but it'll get rid of a lot of the idling, which puts crap in the air and serves no useful purpose whatsoever.

Telecommuting is also a grand idea. I wouldn't want to do it every day, because I'd start to feel kind of isolated, but I would love to be able to work from home two or three days a week. If I didn't have to shave and dress nice, sit in my car each way, deal with random people stopping by to chat, a supposed 8-hour workday would actually be contained in something like eight hours rather than stretching to ten or more. And I wouldn't have to pay for gas, sit in the car, and buy lunch on those days. And I could listen to whatever music I want without bothering anyone.

Now, imagine that these practices become widespread -- instead of a massive morning rush hour from about 7-10, you spread that out from 6 to noon; the evening hour is spread out from 3-10 instead of 4-7. And if even ten percent of workers on any given day aren't commuting at all, that would take a lot of strain off the roads and subways.

I think the only reason these ideas haven't caught on is that too many managers are wedded to the nine-to-five, punch a clock model of work -- they see "face time" as a way to measure productivity, which couldn't be more wrong. I'm more productive, creative and focused on my porch with an iced tea than in a cubicle with ringing phones and people gabbing all around.

18 posted on 04/22/2007 12:13:36 AM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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If government would only adopt some of their own ideas.....


19 posted on 04/22/2007 12:31:04 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I've been working from home with a computer since around 1990. It was a goal I spent several years working toward because I HATE being stuck in traffic jams, and I hate dealing with office politics and bureaucratic idiots. The last straw for me was when I worked for Sprint and asked for a chair with a full back because I have a history of back problems that have put me in the hospital on occasion and needed lower back support. Even though there were plenty of suitable chairs, I was told I couldn't have one because those were only for people on the next higher corporate level above me. So apparently, if you made less than $40K a year, you had to suffer severe back pain. I decided I would rather work for a genius than for a bunch of pinheads, so I became self-employed. Despite having to pay higher taxes and buy lousy, expensive insurance, it's still the best move I ever made.

BTW, I also do my work overnight rather than during the daytime. This means I can see movies in the afternoon and do my shopping at the 24-hour Wal-Mart at 3 a.m. and almost never have to wait in any lines.

20 posted on 04/22/2007 12:52:55 AM PDT by HHFi
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