Julia Thompson wrote: > >>> Arizona doesn't do DST. >> >> Why not? It's not even a tropical state! > > It's HOT. It's incredibly hot in the summer when the sun > is up. So they don't really want the extra hour of > daylight after work. As it is, my parents-in-law get up > around 5AM to go walking, because by 7AM, it's > hotter than they'd like to be exercising in. > I think being HOT would be a _good_ reason to use DST, because people usually sleep late at night and wake up with the Sun. That extra sun-hour in the morning, when everybody is sleeping, is a waste of a natural resource. And even if you don't have a beach to enjoy the extra sunlight in the evening, I guess there are swimming pools :-)
Alberto Monteiro
