Saving too much daylight
Dear editor:
I have a confession to make. I have always been a climate change denier. I have never believed that the human ego was so large to believe that we could affect the weather conditions on the planet. I can understand creating a situation where our environment could be made unhealthy or even unlivable but not the entire planet. A while back a climate scientist from Tennessee warned us about this. He warned the ice caps would melt and all the polar bears would drown and go extinct. He must have been right because I can’t remember the last time I encountered a polar bear. The massive brush and forest fires in California are another perfect example of the problem. When I lived in California these fires only occurred every year and were usually followed by floods and mudslides. Now, I imagine these devastating fires will occur every year and will be followed by floods and mudslides. Devastating — unimaginable.
I have recently concluded a lifelong scientific climate study and I have been successful in determining the cause of all this chaos. It’s Daylight Saving Time. Really. No joke. It’s not fossil fuels, it’s not deforestation and not even the dreaded bovine flatulence. We have simply saved more extra daylight than the planet can safely handle. This has been happening for about 100 years. It started out as a few weeks a year but over time it has now become nearly 70% of each year. Over time we have managed to bring about an unbalance to nature. The good news is — this can be fixed. It might take a bit to notice a difference but it won’t be expensive. Just return to Standard Time nationwide and stay on it. Arizona noticed this phenomena years ago and made the change. Their climate stabilized and it’s still the way I remember it from 70 years ago.
Forget about the Green New Deal being the solution — it’s unnecessary and way too expensive. I’m positive we can find other ways to waste money. Besides, in another 100 years there will be a completely new fuel available for producing our electricity. It’s fairy dust. At the rate this fuel is being churned out each year by our fabulous university systems, I’m guessing they have uncovered an endless supply of it.
Douglas P. Gallaher Hot Springs