----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: Re: Time and longitude > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:57:38 -0600, Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> I knew someone who hated the idea of going on Zulu time - how could > >> someone live if dawn hit at 9:00 PM? His position never made sense to > >> me. But then, Daylight Savings Time never made sense to me, especially > >> since it was created before TV. > > > > DST was instituted to maximize the use of natural daylight during > > "daytime" hours. It's mainly for industrialized nations (even those > > without television!). If you maximize daylight hours, you should be > > able to reduce your use of artificial lighting during the "waking > > day", meaning a reduction in the amount of fuel oil consumed to > > generate electricity for lights and appliances. The US adopted it > > during WW1, although the UK had done so some years before. > > > > More information than you need here: > > http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html > > My big objection is quoted from that site: > Another complaint is sometimes put forth by people who wake at dawn, or > whose schedules are otherwise tied to sunrise, such as farmers. Farmers > often dislike the clocks changing mid year. Canadian poultry producer > Marty Notenbomer notes, "The chickens do not adapt to the changed clock > until several weeks have gone by so the first week of April and the last > week of October are very frustrating for us." > > =================== > > Daylight savings time does not save any daytime hours. I just start to > see the sun when I arrive at work, and they change the clock so I am > driving to work in the dark again. Nothing was saved. > > But it is stupid that I'm stuck to a clock in the first place. > > > One of the great things about Arizona is that we have better things to do. No Daylight savings time here! Jeff