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I like the DST change for all the reasons in this article: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why
by minikites 10y ago
I like the DST change for all the reasons in this article: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/
> If we stayed on Standard Time throughout the year, sunrise here in the Chicago area would be between 4:15 and 4:30 am from the middle of May through the middle of July. And if you check the times for civil twilight, which is when it’s bright enough to see without artificial light, you’ll find that that starts half an hour earlier. This is insane and a complete waste of sunlight.
> If, by the way, you think the solution is to stay on DST throughout the year, I can only tell you that we tried that back in the 70s and it didn’t turn out well. Sunrise here in Chicago was after 8:00 am, which put school children out on the street at bus stops before dawn in the dead of winter.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoSo, with DST, the sunrise variance goes from 4 hours, to two hours, right? 5:30am in May, and 7:XX in January?
- e12e 10y agoSo funny reading this after growing up at 69 degrees northern latitude ;) Walking a couple of kilometers to school from the age of eight in darkness only lit by streetlamps. It's not so terrible. That's not to say it's wrong; just different :)
- hx87 10y agoWhy not get up at 4:30am between May and July?
- astrodust 10y agoIf you're so concerned about children ending up going to school in the dark, crazy idea, make school start later.