I wonder what sort of industry they work in that requires their physical presence and associated carbon emissions?
Fuck cars, but also fuck office buildings and RTO, for many reasons too numerous to list, but also to some degree transit created to enable unnecessary commutes.
I do know quite a few people who do that. Usually it’s people in high paid jobs (high level engineers or middle management) who live in a cheap area and work in a high salary area.
The reason they do the commute is because if they don’t and instead work remote they will not get the salary associated with the high-salary area.
So at least with the people I know it’s not a “I’m a poor worker forced in RTO and have no other option” but more of a “I’m deliberatly gaming the system and min-maxing my salary and living expenses”.
For example, I used to know a guy who worked in London but lived in a ridiculously large mansion in the Welsh Valleys. He said he couldn’t afford what he wanted in London, so he moved to Wales. He now commutes weekly via plane to London.
That’s a 170km commute one way.
I wonder what sort of industry they work in that requires their physical presence and associated carbon emissions?
Fuck cars, but also fuck office buildings and RTO, for many reasons too numerous to list, but also to some degree transit created to enable unnecessary commutes.
I do know quite a few people who do that. Usually it’s people in high paid jobs (high level engineers or middle management) who live in a cheap area and work in a high salary area.
The reason they do the commute is because if they don’t and instead work remote they will not get the salary associated with the high-salary area.
So at least with the people I know it’s not a “I’m a poor worker forced in RTO and have no other option” but more of a “I’m deliberatly gaming the system and min-maxing my salary and living expenses”.
For example, I used to know a guy who worked in London but lived in a ridiculously large mansion in the Welsh Valleys. He said he couldn’t afford what he wanted in London, so he moved to Wales. He now commutes weekly via plane to London.
That’s a climate criminal right there.
True. He’s damaging the climate for personal gain.