Comments on: Telecommuting, Good for you and the Environment

By: Inertia limits changes in traditional work week « SchizoFrenetic

Inertia limits changes in traditional work week « SchizoFrenetic — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:49:15 +0000

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By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:10:55 +0000

I think it’s really a much bigger issue than just energy consumption. It’s about a fundamental change in the social structure. If done right, it’s going to be really something. Again, it’s being pushed by entrepreneurs and the government is 10 years behind.

Here’s my quote of the day, “If you can outsource work half way around the world, you certainly can move it to someones living room.”

By: Vivian

Vivian — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:27:31 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out! I have been telecommuting for 2 years and can’t imagine working any other way, at least not every day of the week. I just wrote a brief post pointing out the new legislation being passed by Congress to push the Small Business Administration to encourage telecommuting! Very interesting, because this is by and large about reducing the nation’s energy consumption, and congress is willing to pay big bucks over the next 4 years to educate small business’ about the energy saving effects of telecommuting.
http://vivianwrites.com/telecommuting/congress-pushes-sba-to-encourage-telecommuting/
Thanks for being another voice for telecommutings pro’s!

By: Alexander Kjerulf

Alexander Kjerulf — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:12:32 +0000

Thanks for the kind words about my blog – I’m blushing here )

I’m glad you liked the piece on telecommuting, and I agree completely that it makes great environmental sense to let people work from home.

I’ll take this up in a later post!

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:03:25 +0000

I think this is far more of a cultural thing than an ecomonic case. We are still moving out of the industrial age where people needed to be a in a centralized location to get the work done. This is particularly important in a manufacturing based economy.

Think about all the schools that require kids to come to a centralized place. It’s just an extension of the one room school house.

As we globalize, not only isn’t centralization possible it isn’t necessary.

The tools are finally available to make telecommuting for business or education or even shopping not necessary and often less productive. Not too long ago people thought noone would shop online.

As it becomes less and less necessary to work in an office setting it becomes more important to move k-12 out of the classroom into a virtual setting.

By the way, I worked with a company in India for two years and never left the house.