West at Home releases environmental impact statistics for telecommuters

Admittedly, it's self-serving, but at the same time, frighteningly clear - West at Home employs several thousand work at home call center agents. And they're really helping the envirnment. According to Fox Business News, West's home-based employees prevented an estimated 17,000 metric tons of air pollution from reaching the earth's atmosphere in 2007. West at Home agents also reduced gasoline consumption by more than 2 million gallons and saved approximately $22.9 million in commuting expenses.

When you think about the thousands of people NOT telecommuting, it's a scary thought. Telecommuting drastically reduces our carbon footprint. And it makes a lot of people happier. And it saves gas...

I would love to see more statistics like this from other homeshoring companies.