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Subject: Re: O.T. --- Just a Random Thought --- 10/26/2024
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:18:59 -0000 (UTC)
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dsi1 wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:43:16 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
> 
> > On 2024-10-27 8:32 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 10/26/2024 6:55 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> > 
> > > > No need to ask if everyone is ready for it as it doesn't
> > > > matter, it will happen whether anyone is ready or not.
> > > > Here in Nashville, it's even darker than usual at this
> > > > time due to it being a cloudy day.  We've had two much
> > > > needed showers and it will be a bit cool on Sunday.
> > > 
> > > Flip-flopping back and forth with the time twice a year doesn't
> > > make any sense.  Some think the idea dates back to Benjamin
> > > Franklin having to do with the conservation of the use of
> > > candles.  Others seem to think it had to do with farmers.  Or
> > > conservation of energy during WWI.  It didn't become a Federal
> > > law in the U.S. until 1966.  (A few States and U.S. territories
> > > are excepted.)  What's the point?  Pick a time and stick with it!
> > > 
> > 
> > The idea of extending DST to save energy doesn't make a lot of
> > sense to me. This week our neighbour's daughter will be catching
> > her school bus in the dark. The family will have lights on in the
> > house to be able to walk around. Next week it will be light out
> > when she catches the bus.  They will need lighting later in the
> > morning for a while and then they will be using the lights in the
> > late afternoon. There is nothing saved.
> 
> DST is a curious thing that people on the mainland do. 

Actually, 40% of the world's countries use DST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_country