[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Scott M. Jones]

I'd also like to add...  The millions of IOT devices out there that can 
never be updated, and thus will never be right if any change is made.  I 
have two of those "atomic clocks" that will be "wrong" five months out 
of the year if we don't change the clocks twice a year.  (On a more 
serious note: This may also include insulin pumps and other medical 
devices.)

Accidents?  More kids will be in the dark and cold during 
November-February at the bus stop with year-round DST.

Of course, those who don't go outside don't really need an extra hour of 
sunshine, right?

-Scott

On 3/14/22 6:39 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale 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.
>
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