Posted on 09/27/2020 4:52:57 AM PDT by C19fan
A new proposal could require Californians to work remotely three days a week - even after the COVID-19 pandemic - to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to aid in environmental efforts.
A number of Bay Area residents, including employees at large tech firms, were concerned over a new proposal approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on Wednesday.
The controversial proposal would effectively ensure that sizable, office-based companies kept 60 per cent of their workers at home on any given workday to curb climate change.
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So why live in California when you can work from home for 1/2 the cost just about anywhere else in the US?
Most cities have more Amazon warehouses than Walmart stores now. They’re building another huge Amazon warehouse down the street from me now.
This has me worried. If leftist in big cities start working from home in mass, many will move to rural areas and vote there. The demographics will change big time. There is no downside for corporations, the save money on office space, workers comp insurance and a host of other ways.
How typical of Ca “Guv’mt” org that they reach for another way to force people how to act rather than set some measurable goals and let the market work its butt off to meet them.
Want to reduce exhaust fumes? Simply calculate the emissions from any company — like the Google complex in SJ. Then, tell Google that they have 5 years to reduce by XX%.
Let Google and local service companies sort it out. Let the local geniuses work on the problem, instead of letting some undoubtedly low intel Guv’mt employees dictate HOW to achieve the goal.
This is indicative of Guv’mt drones wanting to swagger about bragging about how they helped the environment. This has nothing to do w/ environment. It is about po
With robot trucks, those that remain employed can do just that.
“Never let a crisis go to waste.”
Never let a manufactured crisis go to waste.
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