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Generated Title: Mexico City's Light Pollution Crackdown: Too Little, Too Late?
Okay, so Mexico City's finally doing something about the light pollution, huh? Approved some initiative to reform the Environmental Law for the Protection of the Earth and all that jazz. Big deal. Let's be real, that city's been glowing like a nuclear waste dump for decades.
A City Drowning in Light
Light pollution. They call it "pollution" like it's just a minor inconvenience. Nah, it's a symptom of a bigger disease: our addiction to excess. We gotta light everything up, 24/7, as if the sun ain't enough. Billboards, corporate buildings, you name it. All pumping out photons like there's no tomorrow. And for what? So some corporation can shove another ad down our throats?
They say up to 50% of the lighting in Mexico City is unnecessary. Fifty percent! That's half the electricity wasted just so we can pretend it's daytime all the time. Meanwhile, birds are getting lost during migration, people can't sleep, and the freakin' Milky Way is just a distant memory. Give me a break.
And the "dark sky sanctuaries" in Baja California Sur, Coahuila, and Chihuahua? Cool, so a few rich astronomers can get their stargazing fix while the rest of us are blinded by the urban glow. That ain't a solution; it's a freakin' consolation prize.
Missionaries and Mexican Flavors?
Then there's this other news: some new mission president and companion for the México México City West Mission. Julio Cesar Jasso Zavala and Lourdes Gutierrez de Jasso. Good for them, I guess. They were senior missionaries in Monterrey, served in various church roles. Stake president, Relief Society president... the whole shebang. What does this have to do with light pollution? Absolutely nothing. Just feels like the universe is throwing random crap at the wall. You can Learn about the new México México City West Mission leaders - Church News.
Oh, and a new steakhouse with Mexico City flavor opened in Coral Gables? Again, who cares? Is this supposed to distract us from the fact that the sky is a hazy orange mess?
I mean, seriously, what are we even talking about here? A minor tweak to some environmental law while the city's still choking on light? A new batch of missionaries? A steakhouse? It's like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Then again, maybe I'm the crazy one here. Maybe I'm expecting too much. Maybe we're all doomed to live under a blanket of artificial light, eating overpriced steaks and pretending everything's fine.
So, What's the Point of All This?
Look, I ain't holding my breath for this light pollution initiative to actually, like, work. It's probably just a bunch of politicians patting themselves on the back while the city continues to glow like a damn supernova. The truth is, we're too far gone. We're addicted to the artificial, and we're not gonna kick the habit anytime soon.