They propose to stop changing time in Mexico twice a year.
It would be the winter time that would be maintained for 12 months.
Analyzes the federal government’s environmental impact of the measure.
For 26 years, Mexico has advanced the clock one hour during the period of greatest insolation of the year and, although the night of April 2 will be the time to do it again, this could change from 2023 as part of the changes that it poses. the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. What is the implication of removing daylight saving time?
Establishing two seasonal schedules (summer and winter) was a decision by Ernesto Zedillo when he was president in 1996, because through a decree he sought to reduce the demand for electricity, as well as reduce the consumption of fuels used for its generation.
However, despite the fact that each year a report is published with the results of the environmental impact that this action generates, some countries have chosen to eradicate it completely. Mexico today discusses the effectiveness of the time change and considers the possibility of staying with only one throughout the year.
The origin of the global idea was to make the most of sunlight in the northern hemisphere, since the days lengthen with the onset of spring, so by advancing the clock one hour, night would arrive later… but the benefits of this exercise are controversial medically and socially.
According to data from Statista, less than 40 percent of the countries in the world currently adjust the timealthough more than 140 have applied the time change at some point in their history.
In favor: Those who defend the application of summer time appeal, above all, to the impulse that this change has for activities during the afternoon and at night, where people can go out after work and, even with light, take advantage of their day to do activities in the fresh air.
Against: There are more and more who assure that the ecological measure is a failure, since the daylight hours in the afternoon encourage a greater use of air conditioning at night and a greater demand for energy in the morning before leaving home, which compensates for the “savings” of winter time.
How and why could daylight saving time be eliminated in Mexico?
According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, there are no indications that summer time really represents energy savings, so his government is already analyzing the possibility of eliminating it completely.
The Executive fueled the controversy around the benefits of this environmental measure and its impact in spring-summer, something that could not be done in the 10 days remaining to advance the clock one hour.
And it is that the Time System Law in Mexico points out that any modification of seasonal schedules must be presented to the Congress of the Union no later than November 15 of the year immediately prior to the one in which the schedule is intended to be changed, so If this practice were to be eliminated, the process would have to be endorsed by 2023.
More than once AMLO has leaned towards the position of those who consider that summer time does not significantly help the planet or the population, because according to him society has inconveniences and the energy that they do not consume during the afternoon they end up consuming in the morning. morning, waking up earlier and darker.
Likewise, experts have highlighted that the so-called “damage to health”, an argument of those who are in favor of applying the two seasonal schedules, are only reflected in the sleep and diet of the first two weeks.
“Yes, there are some disorders that can occur in people because the body has to get used to the conditions, it takes two or three weeks. It is when they register insomnia, loss of appetite, which is a logical condition when we change our schedule.
“According to our latitude, I would leave only one scheduleIt would save us a lot of trouble. I would leave the winter”, pointed out, for example, Dr. Hermes Ulises Ramírez Sánchez, professor and researcher at the University Center for Economic-Administrative Sciences (CUCE), of the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.
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