The US House voted Tuesday to pass a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassioned pleas by parents, farmers and others with sharply divergent views.
It will now head to the Senate for approval before going to the president for his signature — though its chances in the upper chamber remain unclear.
This is good … but the same kind of good like the captain of the Titanic declaring that the kitchens must supply vegetarian meal options to those who request it.
Yes, a good thing, but really far off from the most urgent issues facing the country, isn’t it?
Agreed. It feels like a distraction from Team Pedo
Climate change is one of the biggest existential threats to most species on earth, so no
I guess daylight savings time might have a slight effect on greenhouse gas emissions … but it’s got to be quite small. This doesn’t look like ‘serious action on climate change’ to me.
Maybe, in that case, it’s more like the captain of the Titanic putting up a sticky note on the bridge that says ‘watch out for icebergs’ … after they’ve already struck one.
Woosh.
Vegetarian meals is the easiest way massively decrease your carbon footprint