Damned Early Daylight Savings Time!

I know people think its antiquated and that it only has to do with farming, but there will be huge energy savings because of this. DST is far from outdated.

Plus, I love that I live in a place where I don't have to change my clocks. Of course, it would be a disaster if Arizona did it, as air conditioners would be running for an extra hour every day.

Sin, the change has been in place for a while now, I know it was put in place sometime in 2006, so it is at least a few months old.

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Originally Posted by Capo

So what's the point of ever turning them back, then?

One reason is that the standard clock is the standard clock for a reason. Noon is supposed to be the time when the sun is directly above you and midnight is supposed to be the time when the sun is directly below you.

Part of the problem is that if you want to set uniform dates for DST, a year round DST screws over the northern United States, when sunrise can come as late as 8:30 am and sunset comes at 6:30 pm, which doesn't lead to much energy savings, in fact, you could say that people have to run their lights more because of the late sunrise and they don't leave their houses until just before it starts warming up, which means the heaters run more.

There are times when the US has gone on a national year-round DST. One I remember was World War II and another was the gas shortages of the 70s. Back when they did that (this goes with the point about it being too dark in the morning), they cited an increase of morning rush-hour traffic accidents.

Plus, you could argue that DST simply adjusts sunrise to our clocks, which means we get more natural sleep patterns, like societies before time keeping.

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Originally Posted by Gechmir

From my experience of working on the farm (along with my father's opinion on this), DST is horrible. We still work just as long in the fields doing planting. If a farmer slouches off because it gets dark earlier, he won't last in the business. I don't see the need to inch things an hour further, as it just takes an hour of sleep and gets our internal clocks out of whack.

I'm grateful that my old man doesn't want me to waste my free time on the farm anymore. Otherwise, it'd feel like getting up at 4am tomorrow because of this...

I've heard that farmers don't like it, but I just don't get why. I mean, it's not like there is a specific time a farmer needs to start. After all, the cows wake up with the sun, not with the alarm. What does it matter what the time on the clock says to a farmer? There's still the same amount of daylight.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Don't forget to check your smoke alarms!

Haha, houses burn down all over Arizona.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.