[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Niel Bornstein]

I've often thought that the length of an hour should expand and contract
such that there were always 6 hours between sunrise and solar noon, and
between noon and sunset.

Practical? No. But logical, yes.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 6:53 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> It always struck me that the fixed point in time was noon - when the sun
> is the highest in the sky. From that perspective, the time width of
> available daylight expands and contracts about that center point.
>
> Maybe if the centerline of each timezone coincided with actual noon it
> would make sense.
>
> There's a state that doesn't observe DST. Indiana?
>
> Wasn't Indiana trying to legislate pi to be exactly 3? Or was it the state
> that almost banned dihydrous monoxide due to the deaths it caused.
>
> Maybe we should limit work to 6 hours a day.
>
> Daylight or starlight has little to impact on my ability to ingest beer
> and lawn mowers are noisy and pointless. If I don't like plants taller than
> 4 inches, why cover the yard with ones that naturally grow 2-3 feet tall.
>
> Humans are strange. Glad I'm only loosely affiliated.
>
> On March 14, 2022 6:39:09 PM EDT, Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-signed-into-law-georgia/J7TKTZJY4ZGCBIEHH3KFPFXGXA/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /Raj
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 3:16 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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".
>>>>
>>>> Begin Rant
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think so.
>>>>
>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> But to shift permanently to DST "to get more sunshine" is just dumb.
>>>>
>>>> The east coast of USA (Unbelievably Stupid Authorities) is 5 time zones
>>>> away from the UTC zone. Not 4.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> End Rant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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