The problem with all these arguments is that they assume that all hours of the day are equally useful, and they obviously are not. A sarcastic or funny joke doesn't change the fact that most people today have more waking hours after noon than before noon.
> Hi > > 2010/3/16 Chuck Nafziger <[email protected]> > >> >> >> Perhaps it is better explained this way, as a wise old Arizona Indian >> chief >> once said when daylight savings was explained to him: >> >> "Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of >> a >> blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer >> blanket." >> > > To that great wisdom I would like to add. Only white man uses electricity > for the lighting in the evenings. > > Cheers > Aimo Niemi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> > Subject: RE: DST Misconceptions >> > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:11:02 -0700 >> >> > >> > >> > I also heard of a study last year that concluded that DST caused heart >> > attacks! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> > Behalf Of Simon [illustratingshadows >> > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:29 AM >> > To: 'Sundial Mailing List'; Frank King >> > Subject: Re: DST Misconceptions >> > >> > My understanding, not having followed this thread, is that at best >> there >> is >> > a believed savings of energy to the order of 1%. I have no idea if >> that >> is >> > statistically valid. I am also told that the shift from standard to >> daylight >> > time causes some 263 traffic deaths during the transitional period, >> compared >> > to the norm. No consideration is given to the southern states. >> > >> > This is political folly at its best, and we like sheep. >> > >> > Congratulations Arizona on standing firm, with a NO to DST. >> > >> > Simon >> > >> > >> > Simon Wheaton-Smith >> > www.illustratingshadows.com >> > Silver City, New Mexico W108.2 N32.75 and >> > Phoenix, Arizona, W112.1 N33.5 >> > >> > >> > --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Frank King <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > From: Frank King <[email protected]> >> > > Subject: Re: DST Misconceptions >> > > To: "'Sundial Mailing List'" <[email protected]> >> > > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:10 AM >> > > Dear John and Jack, >> > > >> > > Reading about the benefits of Daylight Saving >> > > Time always reminds me of Betrand Russell's >> > > remark: >> > > >> > > If you make a single false assumption you >> > > can prove anything. >> > > >> > > Daylight Saving Time is just a legislative >> > > trick to get people out of bed an hour early >> > > by telling lies about the time. >> > > >> > > By telling these lies you can make all kinds >> > > of dubious claims but suppose, for a moment, >> > > that we accept all these claims... >> > > >> > > Let us accept that there are huge economic, >> > > social and conservation benefits from getting >> > > up an hour earlier. >> > > >> > > In which case why aren't people doing this of >> > > their own accord? >> > > >> > > There is no need to tell lies about the time! >> > > >> > > Frank King >> > > Cambridge, U.K. >> > > >> > > P.S. >> > > >> > > Russell was once challenged at a talk... >> > > >> > > OK, suppose you accept the false assumption >> > > that 1+1 = 3, can you prove that you are >> > > the Pope? >> > > >> > > Certainly said Russell. You subtract one >> > > from both sides to give 1 = 2. Now the >> > > Pope and I are two people so this means >> > > that the Pope and I are one person and, >> > > therefore, I am the Pope. >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------- >> > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> > > >> > > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
