In an attempt to prevent bad weather in 2110 in Topeka, should today's telecommuter in Katmandu try to avoiding using his printer?

How 'green' is telecommuting?

Stay home, and you have to climate-control at least your own home office, if not the entire house. Office workers also share certain equipment, like printers and fax machines. At home, you're probably running your own peripherals...Mr. Wheeler loses another 19 percent of his CO2 savings to his printer and fax machine...And there are lots of little changes he could make to tip the telecommuting lifestyle in the Earth's favour, even in the dead of winter. For example, he could improve his home's insulation (or just wear a sweater in the winter), ditch his personal fax and printer, and behave more like he's in the office and less like he's lounging around the house.