Techs Can Be Tops At Saving Money and Gas
 | by Drew on June 19th, 2008 |
In an article published today on InformationWeek a figure was given that telecommuting could save gas and the United States about $38 billion.
The study says, in essence, that Americans already take fewer car trips (perhaps you have started walking up to the convenient store rather than driving or you are drinking that tasty but fat Latte and walking back from the cafe instead of driving) and ate out less to cope with rising gas prices (Minute Meals and items such as steamer vegetables have changed my life) to cope with the rising cost of gas. However, if American workers were allowed and encouraged to telecommute from home just twice weekly, the country could save 9.7 billion gallons of gas and $38.2 billion a year.
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.
In addition, the report reveals that on average, Americans spend $2,052 annually on gas and an average of 264 hours, or 11 days, commuting each year.
June 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
It’s great, NPR just announced that American’s have decreased driving about 2% since gas has been steadily rising. This means, less car on the road, less traffic, but not necessarily more money in our pockets. I work for a company that manages and tracks gift cards, and I’ve been blogging about ways to save money on gas on savvywallet.com. One way to save money is buying discounted gift cards online. I save money by not buying gas. I’ve converted my car to run off of waste vegetable oil. So as prices go up, I save and make more money. If you’re interested, you can check it out on austinchu.wordpress.com.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Finding solutions and bringing them to market must be the rallying cry for the american motorist. The only other option I agree absolutely is to become less dependant on gasoline. For myself I am still forced to do on-site support work until the remote support work we are doing with Skype picks up steam. I recently discovered a technology that converts your gas burning engine and supplements it using energy produced by water. You may find complete details at www.gasiscrazy.com. I am currently seeing a %40 increase in gas mileage on my 98 Hyundai. It works on all combustable engines including diesel and bio-fuel. As gas continues to rise to $5/gallon I will demand to spend less and save money including the $200 it cost me to have it installed because our Federal government is giving it back as a “Green Technology” tax deduction.