The Chinese have political/ideological reasons for this, as usual politics mixed with ideology on a grand scale mucks things up.
Bob Sullivan wrote: > My, my! Most people here find Daylight Savings Time delghtful. Few > people can make good use of the extra hour of daylight before work. > Many people find good outdoor activities for the extra hour after > work. Lawn and garden care come to mind first, then other > recreational activities - kids' baseball, soccer, swimming,... > > Pity the poor folks in China where there is only one time zone and at > least as much sunrise disparity as the USA. Would you enjoy a 4 AM > sunrise in your part of the country while others saw an 8 AM sunrise? > How about a 4 PM sunset vs an 8 PM sunset depending on where you > lived. > > Regards, Bob S. > > On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> WARNING! CONSPIRACY THEORY BELOW >>> >>> So apparently, when Americans have an extra hour of daylight after work >>> they like to shop. The US chamber of commerce is a huge proponent for >>> changing DST to an earlier date. [...] >>> >> Can you really call it a "conspiracy theory" when the proponents >> haven't been terribly secretive about it? (When the candy >> manufacturers' lobby left candy pumpkins on lawmakers' chairs >> to remind them that extending DST past Hallowe'en would help >> them sell more candy, that wasn't exactly subtle ... even if >> these aren't the arguments they're making in the mass media.) >> >> And as I said upthread, I've started calling it Daylight Spending >> Time for that reason. >> >> Though you may have something with the current administration's >> connections to big oil. That may well have been a factor in this >> having passed when it did, rather than other times it was proposed. >> >> -- Glenn >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
