[Info-vax] EU will abandon daylight savings time in 2021
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 12:49:09 EDT 2019
On 4/5/19 11:48 AM, Baldrick wrote:
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> Didn't the US adopt different dates for "energy saving"? Is that ruled out now with better efficiency LED lights? Europe effectively banned incandescent lighting.
I have heard this before. Supposedly the idea started with
Ben Franklin to conserve on candle use. Then in more modern
times to conserve energy. In both cases it really doesn't
make any sense at all. Who in Ben Franklin's day or ours
today does not start their day before the sun comes up and
not end it till long after the sun has gone down. All DST
has ever done is shift the daylight period in regards the
wall clock. It has never provided more daylight and thus
a savings of whatever means was used to generate artificial
light. I'm retired and I still rise before the sun and go
to bed long after the sun has departed.
bill
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