Re: Daylight Savings Time 2021 Began: Mar 14 Ends: Nov 7
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:19 pm
Falsehoods Unchallenged Only Fester and Grow
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If you are curious, this is the last traffic death related to a student waiting for a bus in Lee County. It was a hit-and-run. It took LE two months to track down the vehicle and the driver.Reality Check wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:20 pmYes, we who are old enough remember we went on extended daylight savings time back in the 1970's during the first oil embargo to "save energy" and the perception was it was putting children catching school buses in the dark in peril whether the statistics backed it up or not. I think that experiment lasted for all of a year.
I don't much care either way -- pick one and stick to it. But I mentioned Florida already passed staying on DST year round (because of tourism, which is where the state generates the majority of it's revenue -- extra hour of beach time $$). The US Congresss will eventually get around to approving it.I would prefer that we just stay on standard time year round and if businesses want to implement summer hours they are free to do so.
My feelings exactly.neonzx wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:53 pmIf you are curious, this is the last traffic death related to a student waiting for a bus in Lee County. It was a hit-and-run. It took LE two months to track down the vehicle and the driver.Reality Check wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:20 pmYes, we who are old enough remember we went on extended daylight savings time back in the 1970's during the first oil embargo to "save energy" and the perception was it was putting children catching school buses in the dark in peril whether the statistics backed it up or not. I think that experiment lasted for all of a year.
https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2 ... 792982002/
He only got 2 years. smh
Also, too, not only are there no street lights, but there are no sidewalks. After her death, the whole community came together to try and mitigate the issues by installing picnic tables at stops with reflectors and luminescence paint so these kids didn't have to sit on the grass or stand in the road. The sheriff's dept provided clip on strobe lights to kids.
I don't much care either way -- pick one and stick to it. But I mentioned Florida already passed staying on DST year round (because of tourism, which is where the state generates the majority of it's revenue -- extra hour of beach time $$). The US Congresss will eventually get around to approving it.I would prefer that we just stay on standard time year round and if businesses want to implement summer hours they are free to do so.
Yep, all it does is shift the clock... by one single hour. It never had anything to do with farmers or any of that BS.Reality Check wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:18 am I think most of us know this but I think it needs to be said. Daylight savings time does not save one minute of daylight. The amount of daylight is determined by two things, the date and the latitude at which you are located*. That is it. I would bet if you polled 100 people (not on the Fogbow) about half would say that daylight savings time creates more daylight.
*Yes, I am a nerd and I know that the eccentricity of the earth's orbit around the sun is a factor in determining actual sunrise and sunset on a particular day of the year. It does not change the discussion about DST.
Historically, there were no uniform rules for DST from 1945 to 1966. This caused widespread confusion, especially in transport and broadcasting. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 aligned the switch dates across the USA for the first time.
Following the 1973 oil embargo, the US Congress extended the DST period to 10 months in 1974 and 8 months in 1975, in an effort to save energy.
After the energy crisis was over in 1976, the DST schedule in the US was revised several times. From 1987 to 2006, the country observed DST for about 7 months each year.