I've been in 45.5 degrees and it's right at the edge of what I could cope without air conditioning. I definitely couldn't farm, construct, or do any manual labour required for society to sustain itself at 60 degrees.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

I once had to check a sensor that was above a boiler, the air temperature was just over 50 degrees. I walked up steps to about 10m above the ground, the temperature rising the whole time.

I by the time I was around 7m up the air was above 35 degrees and the sweating started in force. The total time in the high temperature area was probably less than 3 minutes. But FFS, 50 degrees is not sustainable for even walking up and down steps, just being there and reading the instrument wasn't too bad (for 2 minutes) as the air is super dry; but any form of exertion isn't doable for people.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

I imagine we'd become a fairly nocturnal society if this happened. That, or operate all the farm equipment remotely from our subterranean bunkers.