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In Australia, in Queensland, we've been trying to get this outdated state to start using daylight savings for years. 95% of the population is in the south east
by keyle 7y ago
In Australia, in Queensland, we've been trying to get this outdated state to start using daylight savings for years.
95% of the population is in the south east.
In summer, the sun is up at 4:30 AM, which means the birds go off nuts at 4 AM. Sunset is at 6:30 PM.
On a side note, listen to this little as@#$%^%^*, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SIs08k8uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SIs08k8uk and imagine him screaming out your windows at 4 AM.
Growing up in Europe, I remember the winters to be dark and miserable, but in the summer we had sun till 9:30 PM.
There are many true and false arguments PRO and AGAINST DST.
The worst I've heard is "it will upset the cows with feed times" and "it will fade more curtains".
The best argument I've heard against DST is that it would put the kids coming home from school outside a sun-hour earlier, meaning there is more UV and it is warmer. That's a valid case against, seeing it's so bloody hot here in summer.
Another case, PRO DST study concluded that the lack of DST causes people to drive home in peak hour with the sun in their eyes, causing more accidents.
At this point, I think DST is still a good thing. It's good for the economy. We don't go out to have dinner in the dark, for example. But I'm getting too old to care.
This article's arguments are very thin in my books.
- throw0101a 7y ago> The best argument I've heard against DST is that it would put the kids coming home from school outside a sun-hour earlier, meaning there is more UV and it is warmer. That's a valid case against, seeing it's so bloody hot here in summer. There are better arguments than that which have passed peer review: * https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00944/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.0094...
- dexterdog 7y agoWhy can't we just all go to UTC? Certain places need to be able to adjust business hours during the year and they can do that regardless.
- throw0101a 7y ago> Why can't we just all go to UTC? See discussion on the article "So you want to abolish time zones": * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8902765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8902765
- porjo 7y ago> In Australia, in Queensland, we've been trying to get this outdated state to start using daylight savings for years. Speak for yourself. I live in the south east and don't want DST. > 95% of the population is in the south east. That's not accurate - where did you get that figure? Regardless, Western Australia has an even greater percentage of its population in the southern part of the state than Queensland, and it voted against DST four times over the last 40 years. > it's so bloody hot here in summer. Not to mention by the time you go to bed the temperature is cooler without DST.
- keyle 7y agoI'm interested to hear why not? re-95% I should have said 'coastal'.
- jml7c5 7y agoWhy not just swap time zones?