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Britain should switch to a NINE-HOUR working week to cut emissions and save the planet, [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 24, 2019 | Isabella Nikolic

Posted on 05/24/2019 6:37:34 AM PDT by C19fan

Britons should be working nine-hour weeks to help solve climate change and reduce green house gas emissions, according to a new study.

Autonomy, an environmental think tank, published research which suggests that reducing the amount of hours Britons work would keep the country within the 'planetary boundary' of 2C of global warming at current carbon intensity levels.

They claim it is the only way for the UK to meet the greenhouse gas emission targets set by the UN

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: green; localnews
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This group does not hide the fact that it wants to impoverish First World Countries.
1 posted on 05/24/2019 6:37:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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I would love to see the USA go to 4 10-hour days. (or even 4 9-hour)

Imagine what you could do with a 3-day weekend every week?

And some people would WANT TO work those other 3 days, so people needing services could still get them on weekends.


2 posted on 05/24/2019 6:40:01 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

Marxists plying their filthy trade.


3 posted on 05/24/2019 6:44:59 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Mr. K

Lots of American factories run on 4 tens. It is good for some companies but apparently not for others.

Some run on 4 twelves. I don’t know how they allocate the hours but those who work those hours seem to like it.


4 posted on 05/24/2019 6:45:56 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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To: Mr. K

The article says that global warming nuts are recommending a 9-hours of work a WEEK, not day.


5 posted on 05/24/2019 6:46:35 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Mr. K

One of my boys works 9-hour days, and gets a 3 day weekend every second week (so it’s 81 hours over 2-weeks, close enough to a 40-hour average workweek). It’s a popular program.


6 posted on 05/24/2019 6:46:47 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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I worked shift work 8 10 hour work week with 6 day weekends. It was quite brutal and took 2-4 days to get back to normal for weekends.


7 posted on 05/24/2019 6:47:30 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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This isn’t a nine hour day. It is a nine hour WEEK!


8 posted on 05/24/2019 6:47:59 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: C19fan

I like this idea about as much as I like the $200/hr minimum wage.


9 posted on 05/24/2019 6:48:34 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Yeah, but this gal means 9 hours for the whole week!


10 posted on 05/24/2019 6:48:41 AM PDT by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up!)
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9 hour work week? To see productivity crash? To see income crash? To see the economy crash?

Oh. Environment.


11 posted on 05/24/2019 6:49:13 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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How will anything get done?


12 posted on 05/24/2019 6:50:48 AM PDT by rdl6989
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.... environmental think tank....

Oxymoron !

13 posted on 05/24/2019 6:51:34 AM PDT by Mopp4
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9 hours a week?! Who do they think they are? NBA players?


14 posted on 05/24/2019 6:52:40 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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LOL!


15 posted on 05/24/2019 6:52:57 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Be like Kendrick, Brendan, and Riley.)
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2°C warmer? That’s it? What difference could that make? A more productive garden?


16 posted on 05/24/2019 6:54:28 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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9 Hour work week? Why work at all when you can get govt. bennies to live off of. Just print more money. These people get crazier by the day. Actually it is by the hour.


17 posted on 05/24/2019 6:55:12 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: bk1000

People are going to need to cultivate gardens to feed themselves.


18 posted on 05/24/2019 6:55:30 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: bk1000

People are going to need to cultivate gardens to feed themselves.


19 posted on 05/24/2019 6:55:33 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: rdl6989

Everyone will need 5 jobs.


20 posted on 05/24/2019 6:58:24 AM PDT by PAR35
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