Jay Honeck wrote:
>>>>It does save energy, and it should be implemented all year.
>>>
>>>Cite?
>>
>>http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
>>
>>According to this, Russia has gone to +2 hours in the summer and one hour
>>the rest of the year.
>
>
> Equally -- or more -- important: This would be a lifestyle enhancement for
> us all.
>
> Imagine how wonderful it would be to have some daylight in the evenings
> after supper -- in January?
>
> In the old days, farmers represented a large percentage of the population,
> and had the clout to "shift" (or, in this case, "hold") time into the
> morning, so that they could work in the daylight. Now, with farmers
> representing far less than 1% of the population, to have darkness every
> afternoon is just silly, unsafe, and expensive.
One of the arguments against all year DST stated in the article was that
some farmers believed it would "confuse the lifestock"
Why would the lifestock care what time it was? |
