A few months ago, President Bush said he wanted to reduce fossil fuel consumption by 20%. That could be easy - work from home just one day a week!! Unfortunately, I now work in the health care industry, and our institution's human resourses department just won't approve it. I think it's because there are so many people in the organization that could not take advantage of it -- nurses, doctors and a lot of their support staff. Our department head even went so far as to interview other similar institutions to see if their IT departments allow limited work-from-home opportunities, and sadly, they all said, "No"!

I find it frustrating because I have been working from home since 1990 and find I am MORE productive because I'm not interrupted and I can really focus and get into the "zone". And I really do want to cut back significantly on my gasoline consumption and time spent commuting.