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Of all the asinine things we do as a species, this has got to be near the top. First, all the premises we heard when growing up were all wrong. "It was for the farmers" but farmers hated it as a result of animal schedules being thrown off. "It saves energy" but that may have been true during Ben Franklin's time when people walked around or used horses. Now, any electricity being saved is being used up with people jumping in their cars and going to the beach, or to the bike path, or out to dinner by the lake or wherever else getting dark at 9 pm brings into the picture. "Oh but it's so nice for it to get dark later" Tell that to the guy that had to get up at 5am as opposed to the worker that has a 9-5 job. Now this guy's body has to get up at 4am. Look at the increase in heart attacks during transition (6%) A baby needs to go to sleep in the dark. Hard to do if its light out at 9. Isn't 7 or 8 pm light good enough? If we really want to save energy, then no one should get up before the sun.
Besides, this started on a premise. Probably the real reason was so Ben Franklin could walk the streets with his mistress in Europe while it was light.
Can we just set the dumb clocks a half hour ahead including Greenwich time, and just leave them alone from now on?
Besides, this started on a premise. Probably the real reason was so Ben Franklin could walk the streets with his mistress in Europe while it was light.
Can we just set the dumb clocks a half hour ahead including Greenwich time, and just leave them alone from now on?