[ale] Stupid people and DST

[James Taylor]

I agree.
Lawn mowers are pointless and noisy, and there should be a bounty on
leaf blowers.
Late sunshine gives me more time to ride my mountain bike during the
week.
I have really good lights, but I don't really want to have to use
them.

 
>>> Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> 3/14/2022 6:53 PM >>> 
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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