Daylight saving time

Regular Member Posts : 7317 Join date : 2014-07-29

Daylight saving time is an unnecessary, useless burden
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On Sunday, most Americans will observe the twice-yearly tradition of adjusting their clocks by an hour to accommodate daylight saving time.

Each March all states other than Arizona and Hawaii “spring forward” to shift an hour of daylight from the morning into the evening, when it will theoretically be utilized by more people. In November clocks “fall back” to return to what is commonly called standard time. The practice started in the United States as a way to save energy during World War I but wasn’t made a national standard until the 1960s.

A push to end the semiannual clock shift, which has
“The truth is that daylight saving time is a waste of time and accomplishes nothing. Contrary to popular myth, it does not save energy. Nobody likes daylight saving time. Nobody’s even sure what it’s for. But it certainly has no purpose in our technology-driven, always-on society.” — Michael Levin, Fox News

An extra hour of evening daylight year-round would create more outdoor leisure time
“We’re persuaded that it’s time to make the biannual clock change a thing of the past, shorten our period of scurrying home and hibernating, and live a little in the evening all year long.”

poll'
Should we get rid of daylight saving time?
Yes 83%
No 17%
Done
https://www.yahoo.com/news/should-daylight-saving-time-be-eliminated-152706486.html

Regular Member Posts : 190 Join date : 2014-07-29

I'd love to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. That being said, I think you have them mixed up. DST is the summer time, when it's light later at night. We just switched back to Standard Time this weekend, which I'd like to keep all year.

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Sara wrote:: I'd love to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. That being said, I think you have them mixed up. DST is the summer time, when it's light later at night. We just switched back to Standard Time this weekend, which I'd like to keep all year.

Temple lives in a time warp.

Subject: Re: Daylight saving time Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:23 pm

OPINION | Published 31 mins ago
Gutfeld: Why I hate Daylight Saving Time
By Greg Gutfeld | Fox News

Is it time to ditch Daylight Saving Time?

Most Americans set their clocks back yesterday.

We know this is stupid, the kind of thing you get when you surrender time travel to the government.

Out here on the East Coast, it's now dark and gloomy at 4:30 p.m., adding insult to the injury of winter.

If you ever wanted to know what it's like to live in a Communist-era Eastern Bloc country, just spring ahead and fall back. Even in the morning darkness, you can see how bad this idea is.

The reason given for this idiocy is saving fuel. But, when it's been studied, it's showed no energy savings. In fact, independent groups show the opposite.

You want to conserve energy? Take a nap in the afternoon. That's what Jesse Watters does every day.

People also say it reduces traffic accidents. Driving during the day is safer than at night.

But, research shows the day after we change the times, there's an 8-percent uptick in fatal accidents.

Yet, we still abide. Probably because we assume the government has our best interests in mind. In reality, they make mistakes that become permanent, and make half the country feel like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

By the way, there's also a jump in workplace accidents and heart attacks after the time change.

So, yeah, here's yet more proof that the scariest sentence in the world is, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Regular Member Posts : 7317 Join date : 2014-07-29

directorate wrote:

Sara wrote:: I'd love to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. That being said, I think you have them mixed up. DST is the summer time, when it's light later at night. We just switched back to Standard Time this weekend, which I'd like to keep all year.

Temple lives in a time warp.

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