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Too hot for work: why extreme heat is a threat to Europe’s productivity | High temperatures make some workplaces dangerous, with economists warning disruption will dent growth (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 56 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Won't somebody please think of the productivity?

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    • [–] 22 points 4 months ago

    Oh no not the productivity

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    [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    people are suffering, but it’s more important that the line is not increasing, peasants!

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Fuck growth, that's what got us into this mess.

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Wait wait wait, you're telling me all the money that was gained not fixing problems was short-sighted? You're telling me there's downsides?

    Why haven't people been talking about this for 20 years!!!

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Didn’t some economist joker get a Nobel prize for saying the climate disaster wouldn’t cause much economic harm?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago

    He did. By assuming that damage was proportional to the fraction of the economy that a given sector represents. Which is an ok representation at very small amounts of warming. But when temperatures rise, the fact that the agriculture sector was, say, 3% of the economy, doesn't mean that damage is only 3% when the amount of food goes to zero.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Won't someone think of the growth!?

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