Re: O.T. --- Just a Random Thought --- 10/26/2024

On 10/28/2024 6:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-10-28 5:18 p.m., Carol wrote:

dsi1 wrote:
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:43:16 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
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On 2024-10-27 8:32 a.m., jmcquown wrote:

On 10/26/2024 6:55 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

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No need to ask if everyone is ready for it as it doesn't
matter, it will happen whether anyone is ready or not.
Here in Nashville, it's even darker than usual at this
time due to it being a cloudy day.  We've had two much
needed showers and it will be a bit cool on Sunday.

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Flip-flopping back and forth with the time twice a year doesn't
make any sense.  Some think the idea dates back to Benjamin
Franklin having to do with the conservation of the use of
candles.  Others seem to think it had to do with farmers.  Or
conservation of energy during WWI.  It didn't become a Federal
law in the U.S. until 1966.  (A few States and U.S. territories
are excepted.)  What's the point?  Pick a time and stick with it!
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The idea of extending DST to save energy doesn't make a lot of
sense to me. This week our neighbour's daughter will be catching
her school bus in the dark. The family will have lights on in the
house to be able to walk around. Next week it will be light out
when she catches the bus.  They will need lighting later in the
morning for a while and then they will be using the lights in the
late afternoon. There is nothing saved.

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DST is a curious thing that people on the mainland do.

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Actually, 40% of the world's countries use DST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_country

 Your link indicates 50 countries use DST. There are 195 countries in the world.  That is more like 26%.
 

How does that break down by population?
No matter what, if anything, Congress decides, many people will be unhappy about it.
I like the daylight to the end of the day.  In deep winter, I went to work in the dark and came home in the dark, but eventually, a bit more light coming home.  Retired, I get up about 8AM and go to sleep close to 1AM.
I know plenty of people that start work at 6AM by preference.  I disliked getting in at 7, a typical time in much of New England, 7-3, but when I was in Philadelphia, 8-4 was common for the shop, 9=5 for the office.