Spain Urges Workers To Stop Wearing Ties So As To Save Energy

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is asking the workforce to take a business-casual approach to office life as a way to save energy. 

The Prime Minister is adopting an unorthodox method of saving energy by asking the working class to stop wearing ties to work to keep themselves cool. 

According to the BBC, at a press conference, the minister pointed out that his own outfit was missing a tie. He also encouraged those in parliament and the business sector to follow suit.

While ditching a tie may seem useless in the grand scheme of things, when it comes to going green, every little bit apparently counts.

The logic is that, without their ties on, employees will stay cooler and consequently require less air conditioning, which ultimately saves electricity and energy costs. In addition, the nation hopes to wean off its reliance on Russian fuel as the Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on.

Spain isn’t the first country to implement minute moves in the wake of heatwaves. Japan did a similar scheme in 2011 where it encouraged workers to wear cooler outfits during the summer. France recently passed a law requiring shops with air-conditioning to keep their doors closed, and the UK has allowed members of Parliament to enter the House of Commons without suit jackets.

Inexplicably high temperatures have begun to engulf Europe as wildfires begin around the continent, calling for measures to be put in place to mitigate the effects of global warming.

[via BBC and Independent UK, Photo 5355901 © Joel Calheiros | Dreamstime.com]