[Info-vax] EU will abandon daylight savings time in 2021

[Dave Froble]

On 4/5/2019 12:49 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/5/19 11:48 AM, Baldrick wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.

Must be nice in your narrow little world ....

To answer your question, for one, me.  It is most often daylight when I 
get up each morning.  Today, it was 12:00 noon, or, 11:00 std time. 
Yes, a bit later than usual.

I'll also admit to often being up later than some.  In such a case, the 
extra hour in the evening is good for me.

Perhaps since not everyone fits into your narrow little world, you'll 
claim we "don't count".  Figures.  Got to wonder how distressing it 
might be for you to actually see the wider world out there that you 
normally dismiss.

>  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.

You are correct.  No actual increase in daylight.  But, for some, there 
can be some benefits, as Baldrick has stated.


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