Meh, its a micromanagement feature that just slows game down, doesn't make it any harder. I've seen this discussion before at least twice. I'd simply suggest to externalize drop condition of items for each level and people can play it as they want.

Factoring in temperature on generating/losing heat can be done easily. I did not do that because it seems insignificant to me in a small country like Arulco, with a more or less constant climate. Also, the current sector heat system has like 3 different values