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Originally Posted by freebeard
Now I don't know what endless-sphere is. Let's not worry about it.
Phys.org sez:
Work less to save the planet? How to make sure a four-day week actually cuts emissions
I read a book in the 1970s by a Texas oilman titled Time Wealth. Internet knows nothing about it, I may still have my copy.
His hypothesis is that a four-day week won't work because the factories would sit idle three days instead of two. Three 10-hour days means a thirty-hour work week, and with two shifts the factories hum six days a week instead of five.
Plus which, if you like the way it is now you can work two shifts for a 60-hour week. |
4x 8h work week gives 32hrs total. Factories can run 24x7 on three shifts that way. An idling factory is a waste, so instead of having more factories idling more, have fewer factories running 24x7 365. In the silicon wafer industry, the factories run 24x7 365, with the exception of the fall time change. Factory shuts down at 1am and doesn't resume until 2am... 2hrs later when the time falls back. They still haven't solved the problem of an earlier fabrication process showing a later time stamp than the later fabrication process. The company probably loses half a million dollars during that time, but somehow we think daylight wasting time is a good idea.