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by em-bee 2739 days ago
saved on what? heating?

in austria, decades ago they invented winter holidays to save on heating for a week. then they found out that it cost them more to reheat the building after that week, so now they just keep the empty buildings heated.

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There's a a point at which the off-time is long enough that the cost savings are more than the price to reheat the building. Making winter break two weeks longer is likely to cross that threshold.
that makes sense. damn! if only the policymakers had realized that, we could have had more vacation.