[ale] Stupid people and DST

[Jim Kinney]

What is "sunshine"?

I am nearly invisible  againt a pile of unused printer paper 

On March 15, 2022 11:52:14 AM EDT, "Scott M. Jones via Ale" <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>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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