Work fewer hours; save huge amounts of time in travelling

Paul Tranter.

The Four-Hour Work Day is about many things, among them living closer to where you work and so spending far less time travelling.

Providing us with much to think about speed and travel is University of New South Wales Human Geographer, Paul Tranter.

Writing on The Conversation in a story headed: “Not so fast! How car commuting is taking your time”, Tranter argues that for car drivers, the time spend earning the money to pay for all the costs of a car is usually much greater than the time spent driving.

He concludes by suggesting that the improvement of urban health might be a simple as valuing the time of cyclists more than that of motorists.

Four-Hour Work Day about slowing growth and social equity

Ugo Bardi.

The essence of the Four-Hour Work Day is about slowing growth and along with that ensuring a massive step toward social equity.

Speaking at the 3^rd International Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Ugo Bardi said peak oil had been a big disappointment as he, along with many others, expected it to stimulate the development of clean energy leading to the avoidance of climate change.

However, he was sad to report that such development and the resultant avoidance of this pressing dilemma of human’s wrestling with an injured climate has not eventuated.

A condensed version of his September 21 talk can be found on Cassandra’s Legacy.