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? asked in Science & MathematicsOther - Science · 2 months ago

Do you think we should get rid of Daylight Savings Time?

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  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    Yes. All it does is enable people too lazy to get up early and finish things before sundown. I went to school during the winter they tried it year round to save energy, and I had to wait for the bus in the dark.

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    Nope. It is fine. You notice in the dead of winter. Shuffling that hour around makes a LOT of difference.

    Roosters don't have watches and they get up at the crack of dawn whenever that is and crow.

    .  The middle of the country does not change their clocks at all.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    No. I think it should be all year round. I get off work late so during the fall and winter months, it’s pretty dark by the time I finish. 

  • 1 month ago

    Yes, get rid of it. If a person is upset because it is too dark or light then change your routine and stop forcing the rest of us onto your time problem. 

  • M
    Lv 4
    2 months ago

    I have seen very good arguments both in its favour and against it. I do not sit in either camp, especially as I know were things to change I would have no say in them and would simply have to accept them.

    It also does not bother me mostly and I feel no great problem when we change the clocks twice per year and I do not know anybody who seriously does.

    I can say that I shall be glad when at the end of this month the time here in the UK goes from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time (BST) but for no other reason than that it will be lighter in the evenings for longer. I must admit I love the mid-summer evenings when it is close to 10 p.m. before it goes dark, providing, of course, the weather is also kind.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 months ago

    Daylight Savings doesn't make as much sense in the modern era when we have such ready access to artificial light sources, it was implemented when farm work was more common and the work shift was more governed by the actual amount of sunlight.

    Of course I don't know that simply repealing Daylight Savings will help all that much... where I live the sunrise in June currently occurs at around 5:50am. If we repeal Daylight Savings then in June the sunrise would be at 4:50am. And then we would lose an hour of sunlight in the evening as sunset would change from the current 8:50pm to now be at 7:50pm. I would rather have an extra hour of light in the evening rather than an extra hour of light in the morning.

    And repealing Daylight Savings does nothing to help us in the winter since DST runs from March to November. That is why some have suggested that rather than getting rid of Daylight Savings we should keep it year round and get rid of Standard Time. Where I live the sun sets at around 5pm in December, so switching to Daylight Savings year round would make it so we still have sunlight until 6pm. However, in December we don't have sunrise until about 7:40am, so getting rid of Standard Time and going to Daylight Savings year round would mean that the sun doesn't come out until 8:40am. I know I said I would prefer extra light in the evening, but that would make for a ridiculously late sunrise.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 months ago

    It does not save any daylight. All it does is mess up everybody's bio-rhythm twice a year

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    No. I think it should be all year round. I get off work late so during the fall and winter months, it’s pretty dark by the time I finish. 

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    kill it. kill it now. drive a freaking stake thru its heart, then pee on it. just sayin'.

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    The opposite. I think DST should be permanent, meaning DST hours go all year instead of switching back to Standard Time for part of the year.

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