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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by CydeWeys on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:48AM (#28128818)
You're vastly underestimating just how many people own massive inefficient pickup trucks and SUVs that they use for every trip. Maybe you happen to live in a part of the country where this problem isn't particularly bad, but the other parts of the country are driving that average down.
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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:49AM (#28128829)
You're not understanding. The commuting miles saved by working from home is not going to be a cross section of the commuting population and the bits that are over-represented are going to be the white collar employees who skew toward more efficient vehicles so you have to pad the fuel economy or carbon estimates to reflect that.
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