Jane Hume doesn’t support WFH.
Did they misquote her or was she dropped on her head as a child?
But it doesn’t help small businesses. It certainly doesn’t help the truckers and the fishers and the farmers and the manufacturers and the miners that are relying on fuel supply.
Actually encouraging or dare I say mandating WFH for office drones would help those who can’t WFH as it reduces demand for fuel.
Reduces demand and reduces the amount of traffic on the roads, which has the dual effect of further reducing demand (since the trucks themselves get places faster and more smoothly, using less fuel) and also improving operational efficiency because trucks arrive sooner and more predictably.
Not really. Higher speeds increase fuel consumption, and traffic light timings don’t change with fewer cars on the road. They might save a little on roundabouts but for the most part I think the effects would be negligible.
Higher speeds increase fuel consumption
I believe most cars are at their most efficient at city cruising speeds of 50–70 km/h. Because there’s a trade-off between air resistance and the efficiency of the engine & gearing.
It’s so obvious. I’ve never had a job that was possible to do from home, but everyone being home and off the roads helps so much. I had a driving job when covid hit. Everything about it was easier, faster and less stressful when most people were staying home, and oh would you look at that, driving when you’re less stressed is another way to save fuel because you’re less likely to thrash your car. Whether you’re able to personally do it or not, WFH benefits everybody. Well, all of the actual workers anyway, but we know how the Liberals feel about us already.
Edit: Ok maybe not everybody, I imagine cafes and whatnot that rely on people heading into the office likely struggle a bit. But you get my point.
You’d think it’s obvious, but every time any government or council tries to do something to improve public transport options or bike paths, both of which also take cars of the road and make it easier for drivers, people come from all over to complain about how they have to drive and therefore it’s a bad idea!
WFH benefits local cafes and restaurants.
Staying cooped up at home during the workday, and evening isn’t healthy. With the money saved by not having to drive as far, people also have more disposable income and normal people can afford to walk down to their local cafe and buy a coffee before work, or take their beloved out for dinner after work.
Bookending a WFH day is also healthy for Work-Life balance.
afford to walk down to their local cafe and buy a coffee
i see you haven’t visited Australia vast shithole suburbs recently ? endless tracts of ticky tacky houses packed in and no facilities ?
an anecdote, we used to live across the road from a massive shopping center, in a 15 story building, 4 towers. You could walk on footpaths, one proper pedestrian crossing and be there. Endless cafes etc and I’d estimate 70% of people from our complex drove. Would have been hilarious if it wasn’t sickening :(
Some suburban hellscapes do include cafes and restaurants.
Often they are enclosed in homemaker centres or shopping centres, but occasionally they are in a park or community centre, with a nice relaxing ambiance.
Our work said no. Honestly i kinda hope we run out of fuel. Allies of the US need a kick in the bum to make a move on trump and this is it. This shit is getting expensive, and thats before you think of the live’s lost already. Just embrace China, why fight it. Change is the only constant
We need to speed-run to the “And Find Out” part for all the fucking around by the powers that be.
Unfortunately the MSM and MSSM are pushing the Xenophobic narrative that our current societal collapse is not due to people being fucked over by big business, sexism and fascism, but by anyone who is not the same as you.
and why we’re seeing the rise of toxic shit stains like ONP.
We’re currently getting mandated return to office, effective in the next few days
Exactly. " “Work from home is a viable option for many, many people, and they’ll make that call,” he told ABC News on Monday. ", oh it’s certainly viable but we’re being forced in anyway.
The property council publicly celebrated their influence over the nsw premier when he mandated RTO for public service. I maintain that we are gonna keep commuting until it runs dry because certainly commercial property investors and transurban can not withstand any reduction in profits.
already seeing the articles going “BuT I caN’T wOrK fRoM HoMe MuH JAWB” (tradies, etc)
Guess that advice isn’t for you then, buddy. Fuck me, do you assume everything you read on the internet is about you?
Probably the same ones who bought a stupidly oversized and heavy vehicle and now complain about fuel prices.
Average ford ranger driver
I don’t think mandates are the right move for this, at this particular time.
Free market forces have already incentivised people to minimise fuel usage.
