I have been reading this discussion on daylight savings and have one suggestion. All we need to do is alter the television schedule one hour ahead and that will do more to change people's behavior than changing the clocks. Most people go to bed after a certain program is over. The later in the summer that program is on then the later they stay up with the lights on. Having the TV program finish an hour earlier means that folks go to bed earlier and the lights are turned off an hour earlier saving electricity.
Also the changing of the clocks issue is getting a lot less difficult as many devices have the time set for them. All cell phones have their time set by the signal. VCR's and cable boxes are now being set by the signal. In a few years, when all clocks have the ability to be set by GPS, the governments could change the time on us and all our clocks will change automatically, most people would not even know that they lost or gained an hour. Ok, back into lurker mode... Archie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Thom Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:18 AM To: tony moss; Sundial Mail List Subject: Re: Is the USA 'Daylight-Saving' period to be extended ? Hi Tony, I think you have something there. I have an aunt and uncle that ran a dairy farm 600 miles west of us in Kansas. We were both on Central time. They often bemoaned the concept of "daylight" time. They compared it to the ( fill in the ethnic group) who would cut off one foot ( 30 cm) of their blanket and sew it onto the other end to make it longer. Since their cows failed to notice the time change, my aunt complained about how their shopping in town needed adjustment twice a year. I was a teen before I figured out why Kansas was light at 9:30pm in the summer, when Illinois was dark around 8:30. When in Belgium and The Netherlands in 2000, I was further surprised to see it light out at 11:00pm in July. This is one of the reasons I like Italian and Babylonian hours on sundials .. they don't depend on daylight saving nor even the time zone. By the way -- The new statewide daylight law in Indiana did not mention if Indiana is still split between Eastern and Central time zone. At one time counties in Indiana near Chicago were Central and rest of the state was Eastern. I bet they only passed the law to avoid the loss of federal funds -- another way the federal government persuades the states. The "right thing to do" -- yeah right. Warren Thom From: "tony moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all, > Ever one for 'raising hares' but re. DST USA is it/was it true > that some US agricultural areas stick to what became known as 'cow time'? > Thus making for strange anomolies in short-haul domestic airline flights? > > Tony Moss. > - - -
