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Why do you think abolishing the daylight savings change is bad? Personally I think it’s a super awesome move. And note that no matter what you have against it

Why do you think abolishing the daylight savings change is bad? Personally I think it’s a super awesome move. And note that no matter what you have against it, disrupting the sleep of billions of people twice per year has caused depression and cardiovascular issues which shouldn’t be taken lightly. So what’s the issue in everyone switching to the summer time for the whole year?

mcjiggerlog 8y ago
Because in the UK and Spain (the countries I have lived in) the sun would not rise until nearly 10am in winter. Lots of people think this change is a good idea simply because they assume they would stick to the time zone that they think is best. When the millions of people who want permanent summertime realise their government will most likely choose permanent winter time then it might not seem like such a great idea any more. This decision has been made way too fast and without proper investigation. Yes, there may be side effects of changing clocks twice per year, but how do they compare to the effects of having less light in the morning in winter or less light in the evening in summer?
- bad_user 8y ago
  > Yes, there may be side effects of changing clocks twice per year, but how do they compare to the effects of having less light in the morning in winter or less light in the evening in summer? In think the effects you’re mentioning are insignificant compared with having your sleep schedule disrupted twice per year. People have literally died due to it. Getting rid of DST also simplifies business. Did you know that European countries do not switch at the same time as the US? Daylight saving times are a clusterfuck.
  - mcjiggerlog 8y ago
    > In think the effects you’re mentioning are insignificant compared with having your sleep schedule disrupted twice per year. People have literally died due to it. That's quite the claim to make. If changing the clocks has a negative effect, it last at most a few days. Getting the timezone wrong for the whole of winter / summer is an effect that lasts months.
    - bad_user 8y ago
      You're underestimating the effect. Do some reading on the body's circadian rhythm. Every cell in our body is tuned to it and disrupting it has serious consequences. You may not feel it because you're probably young and healthy. Give it another decade or two.
C1sc0cat 8y ago
It also helps reduce power usage and farmers also like the extra daylight for doing you know farmer things.
- bad_user 8y ago
  Farmers that want to do "farmer things" can wake up earlier and they need to be in tune with their animals, following a circadian rhythm, so the clock on the wall rarely tells them when to wake up. The sun doesn't all of a sudden rise earlier or later. The timezone is important when collaborating with others. Does a farmer need to do business? Not sure how that fits in the farmer things they do, but when they do business they'll surely appreciate not having to search on Google for their freaking timezone when talking with a peer from another country.
  - C1sc0cat 8y ago
    You do know how powerful the farming lobby is in the US and EU - in the UK they pay no tax on Diesel for example. And the farming lobby is even stringer in France and Germany

mcjiggerlog 8y ago

Because in the UK and Spain (the countries I have lived in) the sun would not rise until nearly 10am in winter. Lots of people think this change is a good idea simply because they assume they would stick to the time zone that they think is best. When the millions of people who want permanent summertime realise their government will most likely choose permanent winter time then it might not seem like such a great idea any more. This decision has been made way too fast and without proper investigation. Yes, there may be side effects of changing clocks twice per year, but how do they compare to the effects of having less light in the morning in winter or less light in the evening in summer?

bad_user 8y ago
> Yes, there may be side effects of changing clocks twice per year, but how do they compare to the effects of having less light in the morning in winter or less light in the evening in summer? In think the effects you’re mentioning are insignificant compared with having your sleep schedule disrupted twice per year. People have literally died due to it. Getting rid of DST also simplifies business. Did you know that European countries do not switch at the same time as the US? Daylight saving times are a clusterfuck.
- mcjiggerlog 8y ago
  > In think the effects you’re mentioning are insignificant compared with having your sleep schedule disrupted twice per year. People have literally died due to it. That's quite the claim to make. If changing the clocks has a negative effect, it last at most a few days. Getting the timezone wrong for the whole of winter / summer is an effect that lasts months.
  - bad_user 8y ago
    You're underestimating the effect. Do some reading on the body's circadian rhythm. Every cell in our body is tuned to it and disrupting it has serious consequences. You may not feel it because you're probably young and healthy. Give it another decade or two.

C1sc0cat 8y ago

It also helps reduce power usage and farmers also like the extra daylight for doing you know farmer things.

bad_user 8y ago
Farmers that want to do "farmer things" can wake up earlier and they need to be in tune with their animals, following a circadian rhythm, so the clock on the wall rarely tells them when to wake up. The sun doesn't all of a sudden rise earlier or later. The timezone is important when collaborating with others. Does a farmer need to do business? Not sure how that fits in the farmer things they do, but when they do business they'll surely appreciate not having to search on Google for their freaking timezone when talking with a peer from another country.
- C1sc0cat 8y ago
  You do know how powerful the farming lobby is in the US and EU - in the UK they pay no tax on Diesel for example. And the farming lobby is even stringer in France and Germany