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Re:Spotify is letting employees work from anywhere while pay... by jhpriestley on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:07PM (#26146673)
If Walnut Creek paid an extra $9000/year for each resident then they could easily offset whatever extra environmental cost. Carbon offsets etc are not all that expensive.
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Re:Spotify is letting employees work from anywhere while pay... by joshuamorton on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:50PM (#26147172)
1. Carbon offsets do not reduce emissions

2. Bart and muni are not the majority of the $9000 difference. The majority of the cost is various social services. The actual cost of muni per sf resident is something like $500, which is still significant (muni is not a great rapid transit system), but that's far less than the cost of carbon offsets for every resident.

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