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"No form of transport requires less energy than telecommuting" is quite the statement. If your work force bikes or walks to work, pretty sure that has far lower energy requirements than having all of them telecommute.

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I don't think that's correct, unless I am missing something?

Telecommuting: Turn on your PC in a room of your house and start work Biking/Walking to Work: Bike/walk to work and turn on a PC in an office.

What's the extra telecommuting energy expenditure? Servers for a VPN?

People not all using their own computers and internet connections, during meetings because they're all in the same room (or in a room with a single computer and internet connection), as well as people not all needing to each have lights, heating, etc. on at home because they're all in a shared building with (almost certainly more efficient) HVAC.

Lower productivity through telecommuting. What should take 2 weeks now takes 3. That's 50% more resources.

Depends what the workers are eating to fuel themselves!

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