[Myrddin]

I travel to work each day to sit in front of a PC working on a server in another city. I can do the same from home especially now with faster PCs and DSL lines.

I have a similar situation. I build most of my hardware/software at home, then travel to the field to do the delivery. I do have to interact with code bases on servers around the country. That works fine via my DSL line and appropriate VPN software. My home is my office. There is no need to commute at all. Travel to the field has to start somewhere. For me, that "somewhere" is now Pocatello, ID instead of San Diego, CA. Much lower cost of living, no commuting. The only real inconvenience is having to take a short commuter flight from Pocatello to Salt Lake City to access a major airline with world wide connectivity.

[Dad was my hero]

This is what aggravates me about all this talk about oil imports. They recently passed a bill extending daylight savings time to begin in 2007 claiming it would save 100,000 barrels of oil a day. How much could we save if tens of millions of people only commuted half as much as they do now? In other words leaving your home to drive to work maybe 5 out of 10 workdays instead of the 10 out of 10 we do now.