With Daylight Savings once again coming up, it never fails for it to spark discussions about its purpose in modern times. People hate it widely while few seem to be okay with it and depending where you live, others don’t even know what the deal is.

Politicians have actually put it on the docket to be voted on, but seems to have lost traction. Quite frankly, this is an issue that should be done and over with. Just end it, but please end it when we have the clocks dialed back than forward, because I wouldn’t like time going faster than it already is.

  • starlinguk@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Iceland pretty much runs on thermal energy. You can also use hydroelectric dams, tidal energy and wind energy. And a lot of countries are using that instead of fossil fuel. Of course, there’s lunatics like Merz, who wants to literally replace renewables with nuclear, but the less said about that b-st-rd the better.

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      2 days ago

      Well planned hydroelectric dams are fantastic, but they do disrupt ecosystems quite badly.

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        6 hours ago

        The local environmental impacts are horrific, we really shouldn’t build more hydroelectric dams if at all possible. (And should be actively transitioning away from and dismantling old ones, but that comes with lots of new problems) Yes it’s great having consistent, reliable renewable energy but we’re putting everything that relies on healthy salmon populations in danger of extinction.