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Should Daylight Savings Time Be Abolished?

Should Daylight Savings Time Be Abolished?


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We participate in all sorts of things that are pointless. This isn't really that big of a deal. And I was pointing out a possible reason people might prefer standard time to DST. Changing times isn't a big deal to me personally either way.

i'm fine with standard time or DST. i probably would prefer permanent DST, so set the clocks an hour ahead permanently.
 
or let them ride the bus.

Actually I think that's one of the big reasons they give for not having DST in the winter. Kids in the country standing on these dark rural roads waiting for their buses in the pitch black. In cities I doubt it matters much, but outside the cities, and especially rural areas it could be dangerous.
 
I think this business of changing the time is whack. They should set in one way and leave it there. Whose stupid idea was it anyway?

A thousand times yes, and a pox on Woodrow Wilson for it coming up in the first place.

In a way, I can see it making sense in the past when lighting was likely the primary electrical cost for any family.

That's just not the case anymore. Between CFL's and LED's pulling down a fraction of the amount of energy that traditional bulbs do, and with the ever increasing amount of electronis in a home (TV's, cable boxes, computers, routers, microwaves, video game systems, phone charges, etc), it's likely that lighting as a portion of our electric bills is probably at the smallest percentage in decades if ever.

Any advantage it may've gave in the past regarding the electrical grid and electric bills is likely miniscule any longer.

Get rid of the blastard thing.
 
A thousand times yes, and a pox on Woodrow Wilson for it coming up in the first place.

Woodrow Wilson? Figures. Leave it to a liberal to change something that does not need to be changed.
 
I think this business of changing the time is whack. They should set in one way and leave it there. Whose stupid idea was it anyway?

IMHO a more important but related topic is should telecommuting; working and attending school from home with the use of technology (computer networking, etc.) be tax incentivized? Kids won't be on the streets in darkness before the sun rises to get to school. Energy needed to power buildings would be reduced. Fewer cars would be on the roads and thus reduced gasoline consumption and other transportation costs.
 
I always hated daylight savings time and now that I live in a different country and it affects communication so much I hate it more. HATE with a capital HATE!
 
Switch to UTC.
 
it is ridiculous to have it daylight till 9:30 in mid summer and 5:30 in mid winter.

Put it all back on Standard time is my preference, but at least quit this oscillation back and forth

I like having daylight late into summer evenings. It makes it feel like the days are longer, even when they aren't.
 
I have never truly understood the justification for DST, let alone the reason(s) for extending it. I think we should just leave the clocks at one setting all year long.
 
If someone needs daylight they should schedule their activity around the time the Sun is shining. Changing the time doesnt accomplish really anything, the Sun will rise when it rises, and it goes down when it goes down. It changes daily.

All that changing the time does is **** up everyone's sleeping schedules. No gained anymore daylight than they would have. Hell there are millions of people working the night shift anyways. ANd down here in sunny Southern New Mexico I do most of my outside work either early in the morning or at dusk/night, to avoid the sun.
 
IMHO a more important but related topic is should telecommuting; working and attending school from home with the use of technology (computer networking, etc.) be tax incentivized? Kids won't be on the streets in darkness before the sun rises to get to school. Energy needed to power buildings would be reduced. Fewer cars would be on the roads and thus reduced gasoline consumption and other transportation costs.

I used to wait for the bus in the dark and then after school get off the bus in the dark....
 
Again, setting the clocks back in the winter was put in place for the rural areas and the kids in those areas who take a bus to school. Without setting the clocks back in the winter these kids would be standing in the pitch black on dark roads waiting for their bus.

It's a safety issue.

I guess an argument can be made to leave the clocks like that all year, but then in the summer it's getting light at 4am. Kind of a waste. IDK.
 
DST will stay.

Wait and see.
 
I don't care which we do- I'd just like to see one or the other, and stop screwing with it. In this day and age, there is no reason for a switch to DST, and it just blows my mind that some people seem to believe it actually gives them more time in a day.

It doesn't give more time, but more daylight during "normal" hours. If we were not on DST, then the sun would be going down around 7 instead of 8 PM and also rising around 4 AM instead of 5 AM. But were we to stay on it the sun might not set till about 6 in the evening but wouldn't rise till later in the mornings in the winter. Nowadays maybe we don't need it as much as when we were more reliant on daylight for many jobs, but DST is about maximizing useful daylight, not gaining more time.
 
I think this business of changing the time is whack. They should set in one way and leave it there. Whose stupid idea was it anyway?

I totally agree and I despise DST. Leave it the way it was before we started mucking with it.
 
I don't care which we do- I'd just like to see one or the other, and stop screwing with it. In this day and age, there is no reason for a switch to DST, and it just blows my mind that some people seem to believe it actually gives them more time in a day.

As has been said, not "more time" in a day, but more daylight time after work. Everything I like to do in summer - biking, hiking, fishing, gardening, etc. - is outside, and with DST, I have from about 6 till 9:30 as we speak to do any of those. I prefer that to having to be off the bike by 8:30. It's even more important earlier and later in the year, when DST makes an after work ride possible.

And I also don't mind the few months when we have 'regular' time in the Winter. Not much happening outside after 6pm, and it's nice to work out in the morning or drive to work in the daylight. I wouldn't change it at all. The only problem we have is the dogs get on a feeding/walk schedule and they don't recognize DST...
 
Either keep it all year or abolish it. Switching back and forth is ridiculous.
 
I am SOOOOOOOO tired of adapting to a new time twice a year. I was around before this crap and had NO PROBLEM with the old standard time.
 
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