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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you not travel for personal reasons? How do you commute to work? What do you eat? Do you buy anything new? Do you own a car?

Not saying business travel is exempt from climate considerations, but if you are going to pull this off, make sure your personal sustainability practices are impeccable.

Also, it’s unlikely to work.[/quote]

OP here. Our household keeps close tabs of our CO2 footprint. Over the last few years we have pushed down our emissions from roughly the U.S. per capita average to about 1/3 of the average. We do have a car, but we average only about 3K miles a year. We go on a single vacation a year and it doesn't include air travel. So we are trying. Obviously, our footprint isn't zero, but it is probably quite low relative to most families in this area. I work from home, so no daily commute for work.

I should add that some of what I feel is "frivolous" business travel is to see colleagues in a different city who I see everyday on Zoom. Our conversations are no different in person than they are on Zoom. In fact, I think my productivity goes DOWN when I have to travel. I get more done from home.[/quote]

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