{"id":633,"date":"2008-07-03T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/four-day-work-week\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:20","slug":"four-day-work-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/four-day-work-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Four day work week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birmingham, Alabama <\/a> is shifting to a four-day, ten-hour-a-day work week. <\/p>\n

Another great energy savings idea. If everyone did not do their commute (average of 30 miles one way) one day a week, that would probably be at least a 10% reduction in miles driven. (If you figure that commuter driving is one half of all driving and that 20% of commuter driving is eliminated)<\/p>\n

\tWhat are the other benefits? There are so many. Let’s start a list.<\/p>\n

  • Fewer cars on the road.<\/li>\n
  • Less time stuck in traffic jams.<\/li>\n
  • Fewer traffic jams.<\/li>\n
  • One day a week to do all of your personal errands that is not on the weekend. (Banking, dentist appointments, school volunteering for the kids)<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

    What is so hard about it? What would be painful about it?<\/p>\n

  • Ten hours is longer than eight. I, for one, would have to build up my endurance. But then when I went from being a stay-at-home dad, to working, I had to build up my endurance to get to eight hours a day.<\/li>\n
  • There are some people at work I can not handle for even eight hours a day. Could I be patient enough with them for ten hour stretches?<\/li>\n
  • For some places, it would take better coordination to cover all days.<\/li>\n

    What else do you think a benefit would be and what are the other pitfalls?<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

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      Birmingham, Alabama is shifting to a four-day, ten-hour-a-day work week. Another great energy savings idea. If everyone did not do their commute (average of 30 miles one way) one day a week, that would probably be at least a 10% reduction in miles driven. (If you figure that commuter driving is one half of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,28,1,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-initiatives","category-inspiration","category-miscellaneous","category-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t