This is an argument for a livable wage, but also against sprawl and our car culture.
Carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation estimates that if current telecommuting trends continue, 1.5 billion gallons of fuel will be saved in the year 2000. A Reader on Population, Consumption, and the Environment, Island Press, 1994. Colorado Energy Talk Newsletter, U.S. Department of Energy Findings, Spring 1995, p.4.