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> I don't think it's even a valid point to centralize DST above the country level What about: - measurement systems (metric, ....) - unicode - electrical gr
by 21 8y ago
> I don't think it's even a valid point to centralize DST above the country level
What about:
- measurement systems (metric, ....)
- unicode
- electrical grid frequencies (50 Hz in all of EU)
- unified road driving rules (green/red lights, ...)
- the euro currency
- electrical wiring standards/colors
- paper sizes (A4, letter, ...)
You could argue the same thing for pretty much all standards.
Why not let each group of people pick it's own set of rules which perfectly suits them.
That is the point of standardization. It drives costs down, just like the invention of the shipping container massively improved transport efficiency.
- kodablah 8y ago> You could argue the same thing for pretty much all standards Of course, and you can argue colors of the sky and everything else. Back to the subject at hand concerning DST, its value is affected by presence of daylight, and that is different for different people. Not sure why you are bringing up a bunch of non-daylight related items into the discussion for comparison. Maybe some standardized law about requiring air conditioning or some law mandating sunglasses at certain hours on the clock would be more apropos. Regardless, comparisons here do nothing but deviate from the DST discussion. Obviously for some things commonality has value and for some things it doesn't, can't just say "let everyone choose everything then" as some form of counter or we cannot discuss productively.