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For the record, we would prefer a national shift to year-round daylight saving, which means more daylight in the evening during the winter, when more people are awake. A 2001 study by the California Energy Commission estimated that there might be small savings in energy usage by sticking with permanent daylight saving time.
For the record, I would personally prefer to keep standard time year 'round. Why on earth do we need the sun to stay up until 9:00 PM (or later in northern parts of the country) in the summer, anyway? And the whole thing is that 'noon' is supposedly when the sun is at its zenith in the sky, so that time can be discerned with a sundial. The Carter administration in the 70's tried adopting year 'round Daylight Savings, supposedly to save energy and it was a disaster. Spending waking hours in the darkness, and arriving to work during winter months while it's still cold and dark, is depressing. Plus, you had to turn the lights on each morning, then remember to shut them off after the eventual sunrise. (((the Commiefornia energy commission)))
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[–] nemestrinus ago (edited ago)
For the record, I would personally prefer to keep standard time year 'round. Why on earth do we need the sun to stay up until 9:00 PM (or later in northern parts of the country) in the summer, anyway? And the whole thing is that 'noon' is supposedly when the sun is at its zenith in the sky, so that time can be discerned with a sundial. The Carter administration in the 70's tried adopting year 'round Daylight Savings, supposedly to save energy and it was a disaster. Spending waking hours in the darkness, and arriving to work during winter months while it's still cold and dark, is depressing. Plus, you had to turn the lights on each morning, then remember to shut them off after the eventual sunrise. (((the Commiefornia energy commission)))
[–] ratsmack [S] ago
I'm with you on this. I've never understood why people can't just adjust their schedules to whatever they like. The same thing goes for companies.