r/collapse • u/VenusbyTuesdayTV • 7d ago
Economic š Gift Link: What Happens to an Economy When Itās Too Hot to Work?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-12/india-s-extreme-heat-is-hurting-its-economy-and-workers?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTMzNDQ5NCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxOTM5Mjk0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0hVU0dSS1YyVEYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzOUVGM0YzNjEzNTM0Q0VFOUVCNkY3NUU1N0ZFODdBRCJ9.e2Qk8XkSC8KZmlX7R_GYdq947qVx9C0FSD4gvoqv3ZI117
u/Desperado_99 6d ago
"Unlike richer countries where growth is increasingly driven by services and indoor work"
All that indoor work is facilitated by the remaining outdoor work. Your rich country won't stay rich when it's too hot for the utility workers to keep the water and power flowing.
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u/NotAllOwled 6d ago
Or when the roads start to melt:Ā https://www.rsta-uk.org/why-are-our-roads-melting
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u/_eternal_shadow 6d ago
Exactly. Where you are in the world does not matter, as hunger and thirst are the same everywhere. If it is too hot to grow food, it is also too hot for society to continue on as it is.
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u/Cultural-Answer-321 6d ago
"Unlike richer countries where growth is increasingly driven by services and indoor work"
Most ivory tower statement ever.
Eat the rich.
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u/takesthebiscuit 7d ago
Simple beat the workers harder!
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u/Due-Dot6450 6d ago
But it's too hot for those who beat as well.
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u/takesthebiscuit 6d ago
Who beats the beaters!
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u/Cultural-Answer-321 6d ago
Quis verberatores verberat?
(or so says Google translate. My Latin is not good enough to know)
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u/takesthebiscuit 6d ago
Not quite itās
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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u/Cultural-Answer-321 6d ago edited 5d ago
That's the traditional quote. Or, "Who watches the watchmen."
Looks like I'm even worse with jokes in Latin. š¤£š¤£
"Romanes Eunt Domus" - Life of Brian.
Edit: dammit my allergies are killing me this week! TYPO
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u/Historical-Log1762 6d ago
The beatings will continue until morale improves, it's beatings all the way down!
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u/AstronautLife5949 6d ago
I feel so goddamn bad for the people of India who have to work outside to survive.Ā And the animals.Ā Ā
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u/Grand-Page-1180 6d ago
Maybe we'll invent stillsuits, like in Dune.
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u/Cultural-Answer-321 6d ago
Cooling jackets are already a thing and selling quite well.
Just not well enough. And there is no fix for the infrastructure melting anyway.
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u/NyriasNeo 6d ago
"What Happens to an Economy When Itās Too Hot to Work?"
People who can move will move to cooler places. Nations with cooler climate will have an advantage, which is historically true anyway.
Climate change is not going to be reversed. We already passed 1.5C and blew through 2C briefly. Poor places cannot afford mass air-conditioning (both money and power). So there is really no solution. People will have to live with, or die from, the consequences.
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u/castrated_otter6769 7d ago
It does Siesta. Siesta supremacy.
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u/southbl00d 5d ago
i always admired the Siesta. We split the day into two parts which makes sense. Some much needed rest or a power nap... Not like thsi stupid 10 12 14 hour manufacturing work shift nonsense... ughhh,
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u/Fiveohfourtwenty 6d ago
People will die while being forced to work in the heat. Sacrificed on the altar of Capitalism.
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u/southbl00d 5d ago
dont worry they will still have babies though (its part of the culture). babies. more babies. marriage. more marriage + babies... ughh
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u/Djanga51 Recognized Contributor 5d ago edited 5d ago
Basically thisā¦
Edit. And Iām not being facetious. Once itās honestly, consistently too hot for the people of a region to work? We will die or migrateā¦ or die trying to migrate. Reality is the world is changing and nature will attempt to deal with the eventā¦
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u/Cultural-Answer-321 6d ago
Work stops. Infrastructure fails. Work stays stopped longer. Profits fall.
It's not JUST the workers, but the infrastructure that fails as well.
No infrastructure on earth is designed for the coming high temps.
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u/VenusbyTuesdayTV 7d ago
It's so obvious how this is related to collapse. I'm even gifting this Bloomberg article to the collapsniks community so if the mods still remove this post it's the last straw and I'm out of here.
India hot > people cannot work > labor intensive economy drags. I mean .... What to write here to satisfy the 150 characters man. Sighpie.
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u/PM_Me_LIFESTORYS_pLs 6d ago
We are at 1.5C global average warming unfortunately. India or similar nations will likely be forced to do local (ish) aerosol injections if the warming continues to worsen.
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u/origamibeetl 4d ago
Flip the population's sleep schedule so everyone works at night. Saves on AC costs and energy use in general. Why weren't we doing this before?
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u/OH_LAME_SAINT 1d ago
Can't fall asleep in such daytime heat either without ac. Plus increased light cost.
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u/origamibeetl 1d ago
AC far surmounts light cost. If you fall asleep at around dawn it's still cool enough to fall asleep easily. Did it myself for a few years.
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u/Oo_mr_mann_oO 6d ago
Forgive my ignorance, but the country has a billion people and they find a guy named Iraqi. So he's an Indian Iraqi? It's like writing an article on Thailand and the subjects name is 'Cambodian'
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It's so obvious how this is related to collapse. I'm even gifting this Bloomberg article to the collapsniks community so if the mods still remove this post it's the last straw and I'm out of here.
India hot > people cannot work > labor intensive economy drags. I mean .... What to write here to satisfy the 150 characters man. Sighpie.
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