Irritated by the highest gas prices in U.S. history, John Thorner has a message for his 70 employees: Stay home.

Rising gas prices have topped the $4 per gallon mark in some U.S. cities.

Thorner is requiring all staff at the National Recreation and Park Association to avoid commuting at least one day a week — either by working four long days and taking the fifth one off, or by working from home on the fifth day.

“The 70 people in our office drive an average of 30 miles a day. We did the math and figured that by having the employees not commute one day a week, we would be saving 100 gallons a week,” says Thorner, executive director of the nonprofit, which is based in the suburbs of Washington.

“This is not a huge amount of gasoline, but it could serve as a model for other operations.”

When the average price of gasoline in the United States hit $3.18 in May, it was the highest price ever recorded, even when adjusted for inflation, according to the Lundberg Survey of thousands of service stations across the nation…..Full Article

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