IEA Suggests Working From Home to Save Fuel While Sending You Back to Office
KEY POINTS
- •The International Energy Agency, founded after the 1970s oil crisis, issued ten recommendations in 2025 to reduce energy demand.
- •Their suggestions include working from home and driving slower to curb fuel consumption amid supply disruptions from the Iran conflict.
- •Many companies had recently asked employees back to offices, but the energy crisis might force a new embrace of remote work.
The International Energy Agency (IEA), the post-1970s oil crisis force field, now recommends ten crystal-clear strategies to calm our jittery fuel nerves – including the ingenious idea of working from home and driving slowly. Ironically, many companies have been yanking employees back to offices post-Covid, just as the Iran conflict stirs a Middle East energy cocktail punch. The IEA’s report insists on these golden rules to ease supply disruptions, issued in 2025 when global work-from-home skepticism is at war with an energy emergency. Meanwhile, the rest of us muddle along, figuring out if fast Zoom meetings or slow car rides will save the planet.
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(1 of 3)Nothing like an energy crisis making bureaucrats rediscover working from home, just as offices got bored of empty chairs. We’re all terrible drivers of our own lives, and apparently, our fuel usage too.
IEA’s top solution to oil shortages: do what we told you not to for two years. Plot twist!
After forcing suits back to cubicles, IEA says 'maybe stay home & drive slower?' Strategy level: Monday morning.
Source: Theverge | Published: 3/20/2026 | Author: Jess Weatherbed
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