[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Pete Hardie]

EF-Georgia weighs in:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18011/in-defense-of-daylight-saving-time/


On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:33 PM Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On a positive note… Governor Kemp signed a bill making daylight saving
> time permanent in Georgia.
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> https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-signed-into-law-georgia/J7TKTZJY4ZGCBIEHH3KFPFXGXA/
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> Unfortunately… from the same article… “Current federal law prohibits
> states from observing daylight saving time year-round.”  Sooo… This has to
> go to D.C. to get voted on there also.
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> /Raj
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> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 3:16 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
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>> As most functioning adults know, the annual stupidity action happened at
>> 2am Sunday: yes, we changed the numbers on the clocks "so we could get more
>> sunshine".
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>> Begin Rant
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>> Did anyone with access to writing in a national news medium ever actually
>> take basic science? Did anyone with policy making responsibility actually
>> pass a science class in their life?
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>> I don't think so.
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>> The time shift never made any sense. Now that there's a fair amount of
>> evidence that is has a detrimental impact on human health maybe we should
>> get rid of it. Yay! Great idea!
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>> But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is just dumb.
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>> The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is 5 time zones
>> away from the UTC zone. Not 4.
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>> Maybe we can get policy punks to take an astronomy class and learn about
>> things like axial tilt being the reason the planet has seasons and that
>> determines the length of time the sun is visible above the horizon.
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>> And if they still want more sunshine, and moving them to the equator is
>> not an option (current occupants will ship them back), maybe we can ship
>> them to Mercury.
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>> End Rant
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