It doesn't. They can get a note from their mom saying that they have to drive that day. But note that it's a paid holiday for everyone except the folks running the trains and driving the ambulances, so they don't need a note from their mom to drive to work.
Suppose 25% of the population have notes from their mom saying that they have to drive that day. How much would be saved? On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Naiman wrote: > > how much energy would the United States save with a paid holiday on > > which there was no transportation except for public transit and > > emergency services, putting to the side the question of displaced > > trips? how much lower would the consumption be on that day? > > I don't know, but how does this idea deal with the problems faced by > those who live in areas with inadequate public transport? > -- > Jim Devine (in Los Angeles) > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
