I think that was in every paper in the country,
Dave. Truly a slow day :-)
73, Phil W7OX
On 3/8/15, 4:47 PM, dyarnes wrote:
Phil and All,
Since it's a slow day, I thought I would pass on
this tidbit from the Washington Post about all
the "myths" as to what really justifies Daylight
Savings time. Here in Arizona we don't change
our clocks, but just about everyone else
does--Hawaii Doesn't, and there are a couple
more pockets that don't change. Not that I
particularly mind DST, except for the confusion
it causes, but I never really understood how the
claimed benefits were really backed up by fact.
To me, the energy savings argument never made
sense because, for one thing, it seemed like a
lot of folks would run their air conditioning
longer!!!
Anyway, here's a link to the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-daylight-saving-time/2015/03/06/970092d4-c2c1-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
The article addresses various "myths" about why
we have DST--it helps the farmers, it is
healthier, it saves energy, business likes it,
etc. None of these seem to stand up to
scrutiny. In fact, there apparently is
significant cost, in both dollars and extensive
confusion, that counter the advantages--if they
even exist! Apparently, even the cows get
confused by DST! Hi. Right here in Arizona I
marvel at how many people really struggle with
the fact that, during DST, we are on the same
time as California!
Anyway, you may chose to believe what's written
in the article, or not. It is an interesting
discussion!
Dave W7AQK
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