Luke Coletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> An interesting URL on Standard Time. Does anyone remember when in '73
> we (USA) didn't observe DST?
>
> http://www.standardtime.com/
>
> -Luke
Yes, I remember it well, but your facts are wrong in one
particular--that year no standard time was observed. This was in the
throes of the oil shock triggered by the Yom Kippur war (October 1973)
and the resulting Arab "oil embargo" (it is still an item of
controversy just how much oil shipments were impeded, but the word
embargo triggered panic in the oil consuming countries). OPEC raised
the price of oil from $3 to $11 / barrel (which, interestingly enough,
is a figure that was recently revisited).
In response Nixon and Congress moved to lower reliance in the U.S. on
imported oil. One measure adopted by Congress was year-round daylight
savings time. I remember going to school in the dark and the sun not
rising until I'd been there for more than two hours. There were
incidents of school children being hit by school buses because of
decreased visibility. Mercifully this insanity lasted but one year.
Jim
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