Jodi McKay sent a letter on behalf of a member of the public who is concerned daylight saving is impacting climate change
A state politician has asked the government to consider abandoning daylight saving to help combat climate change, after a member of the public complained that her local park is too hot to walk in at night.
Labor leader Jodi McKay sent a letter to NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean last month explaining her constituent believes daylight saving in NSW made last summer too hot to walk around Hammond Park in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield after dark.
The person claimed the temperature remained at 40C even at 8pm.
‘[The person] has requested the duration of the daylight saving period in NSW be shortened as it has a significant impact on climate change,’ Ms McKay wrote, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
‘I await your consideration and response on this matter.’
A spokesperson for the Strathfield MP told the publication Ms McKay doesn’t think daylight savings should be changed.
The person is also claimed daylight saving means it’s too hot to walk around Hammond Park in Ashfield at 8pm
‘Strathfield has a diverse community with a wide variety of views. It is the job of the local member to represent those views to government without judgment.’
Mr Kean refused to comment.
Studies have shown no solid connection between daylight saving and climate change.
A study in The Review of Economics and Statistics in 2011 increased the cost of emissions, but another published in Energy Police journal in the same year said energy was saved in some nations.
The letter was sent to Energy Minister Matt Kean
Daylight saving has been a hotly debated issue across the country for many years.
It was implemented in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia by 1972.
Western Australia has voted against daylight saving in four referendums.
Queensland have also repeatedly rejected the notion in its own referendums.
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