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Mar 11, 2007View in Crawl 4
I personally think they need to abolish Daylight Savings Time. It causes a lot of problems, mainly due to the fact that not all the countries in the world implement it, plus even some states here in the US don't implement it as well. I understand that it was created to help farmers, but if you think about it, compared to 100 years ago, not many people are farmers. Plus, if they REALLY need an extra amount of daylight, can't they just wake up earlier?
@nsmike"the Sun doesn't operate on the schedule of our clocks"You're right. Our clocks operate on the schedule of the Sun. We adjust time for convenience to match when the Sun is out.
Without DST, the Sun would be out at 4am and offices get hot earlier. DST delays the heat and also delays A/C use in office buildings. Energy savings result.
I really hope someone can explain this to me, or provide some other resource.If there are 24 hours in 1 day, and that is based off the complete rotation of the earth, then how can you actually change time without procuring a 1 hour loss, if not for that day, every day?Seeing as each day is 1 less hour- since it carries to the next day to make up for the lost time, Does that mean you only lose 1 hour for observing DST for one day, or does that mean you lose 1 hour per day for "however many days DST is observed". (I live AZ, no DST.) In turn losing 100's of hours per year?I just can't seem to comprehend how anyone can think we can just change the time of day. It's not like we speed up or slow down the rotation of the earth.Thank you for any reference or response. I've never been able to logically understand DST, and it makes me frustrated as you can see from some of the thought I put into this. (limited as it may be)P.S. I'm not talking about energy or anything along those lines.
people are going to be out at night whether its bright or not, they don't need and extra hour of light to waste money and pollute the earth, DST would make more sense if it was the other way around, giving you an extra hour of light in the winter when it gets darker earlier.
Closed AccountMar 12, 2007
I personally think they need to abolish Daylight Savings Time. It causes a lot of problems, mainly due to the fact that not all the countries in the world implement it, plus even some states here in the US don't implement it as well. I understand that it was created to help farmers, but if you think about it, compared to 100 years ago, not many people are farmers. Plus, if they REALLY need an extra amount of daylight, can't they just wake up earlier?
uhohxaxiomsMar 13, 2007
"Congress has set aside $150 million to study the issue"... well... at least we're saving energy, right?
bigmogMar 13, 2007
@nsmike"the Sun doesn't operate on the schedule of our clocks"You're right. Our clocks operate on the schedule of the Sun. We adjust time for convenience to match when the Sun is out.
bigmogMar 13, 2007
Without DST, the Sun would be out at 4am and offices get hot earlier. DST delays the heat and also delays A/C use in office buildings. Energy savings result.
gavinzacMar 13, 2007
are you really that dense, that you can't set your alarm clock properly?
m4tt3rMar 13, 2007
I really hope someone can explain this to me, or provide some other resource.If there are 24 hours in 1 day, and that is based off the complete rotation of the earth, then how can you actually change time without procuring a 1 hour loss, if not for that day, every day?Seeing as each day is 1 less hour- since it carries to the next day to make up for the lost time, Does that mean you only lose 1 hour for observing DST for one day, or does that mean you lose 1 hour per day for "however many days DST is observed". (I live AZ, no DST.) In turn losing 100's of hours per year?I just can't seem to comprehend how anyone can think we can just change the time of day. It's not like we speed up or slow down the rotation of the earth.Thank you for any reference or response. I've never been able to logically understand DST, and it makes me frustrated as you can see from some of the thought I put into this. (limited as it may be)P.S. I'm not talking about energy or anything along those lines.
synkdorbitMar 13, 2007
Kudos to the submitter (and savvy commenters too) for using the correct spelling of DST: Daylight Saving Time (singular). :-)
orientisMar 13, 2007
...yes. That is why we adjust the times. Because we then have more daylight at the end of the day. That is the way it is in Australia anyway.
msfpNov 4, 2007
people are going to be out at night whether its bright or not, they don't need and extra hour of light to waste money and pollute the earth, DST would make more sense if it was the other way around, giving you an extra hour of light in the winter when it gets darker earlier.