Telecommuting Could Save Gas And U.S. $38 Billion Annually
| June 19, 2008 |  View for printing |
If the 53% of white-collar employees who could work from home did, the savings would be substantial, according to a Telework Exchange study.
Most Americans take fewer car trips, consolidate errands, and eat out less frequently to cope with rising gas prices, but if everyone who could telecommute did their jobs from home twice weekly, the country could save 9.7 billion gallons of gas and $38.2 billion a year, according to a recent study.
Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership for promoting telework, recently surveyed 377 federal and private-sector employees and found that 92% believe they could do their jobs from home. However, only 34% reported that they actually telework.
By K.C. Jones InformationWeek
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