Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Metacomet who wrote (3082)	11/11/2005 12:15:31 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24207

It's happening. I expect it will increase in the future., along with carpools. Hard for service industries tho. It's not like I can set up a ventilator from home. Another change we should see....longer and more boring trains, comprised of flatcars carrying trailers. Saw a lot of that this summer. They are coming out with more efficient locos, too. But, as I said, boring. Not nearly the fun watching one of these as it is a real train, with real cars, bearing logos and symbols and colors from all over the country. Boooooring. ============================ Telecommuting goes legit. Localization might be aided by the computer -- all the technologies that allow people to stay at home and work. Somewhere between 34 million and 44 million of us already telecommute part of the time, of whom about 10 million to 11 million work formally from home full time. Work hours might change. In the hotter United States, we may well see a new institution: the American siesta. In extreme climes, both cold and hot, we may have to reshape school, work and vacation schedules around the seasons. Regional differences may grow. energybulletin.net