[nhubbard]

Maybe a better title would say "Asian nations [independently] roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis"?

[alephnerd]

^ "Some" Asian nations.

It's still 5/6 day workweeks in the office in China, India, SK, Japan, HK, and Singapore. Same in the Gulf.

[wolvoleo]

Well, the gulf probably won't be affected? As they can just be supplied by fuel truck or pipeline instead of ship.

[alephnerd]

Same for exports as well depending on the country.

For example, India worked with Oman, the UAE, and Iran to build export hubs like Duqm, Fujairah, Sohar, and Chabahar (the US has ignored Indian operated Shahid Beheshti port and is hitting Konarak on the other side of the Chabahar Bay) that aren't blocked by Hormuz.

By making sure Indian SOEs were equity partners in those projects, this meant India got first right of refusal on exports.

China, Japan, and South Korea all implemented similar projects as well.

Other Asian countries could have implemented similar redundancies as well, but they didn't despite this exact situation happening 3-4 years ago during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.